Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-07
SCHOOL ROAD BOND
BILL IS INTRODUCED
$2,144,00O Mont gomery
County Measure Offered
in Annapolis House.
BY GEORGE PORTER.
STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, March mime
Montgomery County administration
measures, including a $2,144,000 bond
issue for schools and roads, were in
troduced and five bills previously pre-
sented by the representatives Of Prince
Georges and Montgomery Counties were
passed yesterday before the General
Assembly adjourned over the weekend.
Delegate William F. Keys introduced
Prince Georges County bill which had
| for its purpose the Incorporation OF
the town of Seat Pleasant provided
dunn of the residents OF the territory
| involved.
The S2,144,000 bond issue bill, an
emergency measure, gives the county
! commissioners the authority to borrow
that amount during the next two years,
turn an unspecified portion OF 1t over
to Board of Education for the con-
struction, repair and addition 10 scnool
buildings and equipment, and 10 use
the remainder for the construction Of
roads and bridges.
S1,O55,OOO in This Year.
Under the terms of the bill bonds
in the amount of 81 ,055,000 are 70 De
sold in 1881; 100000 in 1882, ana
S89, 1000 in 1888.
An unusual feature OF the Dill olrects
the county commissioners to make an
effort ito alleviate the general conol-
tions of unemployment existing IN
Montgomery County and the state OF
MARYLAND" by cooperating with the
Contractors to see that Maryland resi-
dents are employed on the various prof.
ects which will be built under the bond
issue.
THE bonds are to be issued in series.
| 70 run not more than 40 years and 10
bear interest at the rate OF not more
than 5 per cent.
, law recurring the construction OF q
road if the petitions advance 10 per cent
| If the cost, all of the Montgomery
| County bills were introduced jointly by
Delegates George L. Edmonds, Lavlnla
Enrle. Marvin harrington and Odorlon
| w. Roby.
Give Legislative Authority.
s-hree If the bills give the county
commissioners local legislative authority
/ 10 make levies that have been mcluoec
in the county budget for some years
under nowers granted in State laws
| They provide a salary of $4,000 year
| for a Veterinarian to conduct tuberculin
| tests of cattle in the county. $l,495 1oi
the salary of the directress OF the Mont
gomery County Home DemonstratloI
| League and 81 500 to be paid the Farm
Bureau for use in aiding the farmers y
/ the county in marketing tnen pIouuc''
and discussing farming tnformation.
Another bill would increase tine
| county police force to 81 men ana pro-
vide for the establishment OF q pureau
Of criminal Identification. This mea-
sure authorizes the appointment OF tWo
| additional sergeants at $1,000 year
! one additional first class patrolman q
81 800 a year, and 6 patrolmen az $l'oVu
year. ooo -,
of park police to be compensated Dy ~ ~
planting Commission may also be ap'
r,einted by the county commissioner
when the park commission progress,
With its work to the point where In'
officers are needed under the measure
Compensation Prohibited.
The bill specifies that no compensa'
ton shall be paid 70 any person p,,rea,
of Criminal Identification; The onI.
excention is. made in the case o.
vouchers approved by the States az
torney for technical or expert assistants
In conjunction with the new pollc'
bill the Montgomery County oelegaee.
introduced another measure repeaIlnl
authority of the county commlsSloner
to appoint additional constables IN Ger
tain districts. The provision for tn'
new policemen makes this. law unneces
sary, it was said - So,
Two more of the bills dealt with cleo
tion officials. increasing their compen
sation, and giving the Board OF Electloi
Supervisors the right to divide any pre-
cinct into such alphabetical groups q
will contain approximately tne sam
number of names. The delegates ex
blamed that the present law arbitraril
divides large precincts into gloups o
names from A to j and K to q.
some Instances, other divisions. such
A to o and p to z would more evenl
divide the precinct.