Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-22
$2,1&,0DO BOND
! BILLS ARE PASSED
Twelve Montgomery County
Measures Speeded When
Jones Sets DeadIine.
BY WILLIAM j. WHEATLEY,
STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 22-Bond
issues totalling $2,184,000 were among
the IL Montgomery. County bills which
were passed by the House of Delegates
yesterday, to be sent Immediately to
the Senate, where Senator Eugene
Jones of Kensington. says they must
be before Monday, If he is to get them
through. There are several other i'm
portant bills yet to be enacted by the
lower body, and these probably will be
rushed through today. so that the
Senator will have plenty of time to
consider them.
The House also passed the bill amend
ing the Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission act,
the principal feature of which was a
provision that two-sevenths of the an
nual 7-cent tax authorized by the
original act to be used for the acQuisi-
tion of park lands can be used for the
operation and maintenance and i'm
provement of parks and recreation
centers. The planning commission in
its annual report recommended this be-
cause it was indicated that a number
of land owners along Rock Greek be-
tween the District of Columbia line and
Kensington would contribute land for
the park, If they were assured that it
would be improved and maintained.
Includes Road Bonds.
The bond issues which were approved
by the House, included the 5000, 900 for
the completion of the 1927 road con-
struction program $782, 900 for the 1929
road building program; $697 900 for a
refunding of road projects already COM
pleted and on which the county COM
missioners have advanced money; the
S475,000 school bond issue, and the
$4,000 bond issue to complete the
payments for the two county buildings
and police Substations in Silver Spring
and Bethesda.
The proposed new 120-foot roadway
from the present terminus of .Connecti-
cut avenue in Kensington to the
Georgia avenue road, at its intersec-
ton at Aspen Hill, was given the APP
proval of the House yesterday.
The bill amending the street improve
ment law so as to permit the Montgon7-
cry County commissioners to issue ne
gotiable certificates of indebtedness to
finance such improvements also was
passed by the House.
Broader condemnation powers are
given the Montgomery County Com
missioners in another bill passed.
The House also passed the bill au-
thorizing the county commissioners
to levy tax sufficient to collect $10,0 900
for relief of the poor, INDECENT or Ill
persons, assisting In the care of neg
lected and improperly nourished chill
6ren and for general charitable and
social relief purposes.
Provide Grand Jury Clerk.
The bill authorizing the employment
OF a clerk and stenographer for the
Montgomery County grand jury was
approved.
amendments to the park and planning
act, which also affects the metropolitan
were recommended by the Planning
Commission. These include prohibitions
against the Planning Commission con-
demning any jMndsfpr park purposes in
Prince Georges County without frst OBJ
tanning the written approval OF the
county commissioners, requiring those
submitting platsto of subdivisions for ap-
proval to pay aSfee equal 70 the cost OF
engineering and other services in con-
nection with their study by the COM
mission and fixing the minimum OF $25,
giving the commission power to approve
as to coming requirements all permits
for construction in the metropolitan
district and providing an additional
compensation of 5000 year for each
of the Prince Georges County commits
sioners for their work in connection
with the planning act.