The Washington times., 1931-04-07
MARYLAND BOND
f. ISSUES PASS
. 4 MILLION
U. of Maryland Authorized
to Give Campus Land to
U. S. for Science Advance

U. S. for Science Advance
ANNAPOLIS, April Mont
gomery county roads will come
under the supervision Of a super
visor. to be selected from the
board of county commissioners,
under the terms of a bill passed
by the State senate here last night.
The bill was brought out Of com
1nittee late last night and pushed
through the two necessary read
ings, after the rules Of the Senate
had been suspended to permit its
consideration.
Aids Land Project
Shortly after the Montgomery
county bill had been passed, a
second nearby county bill was
forced from the senate committee
and passed upon, two readings at
the same time. This second bill,
introduced in the house Of dele
gates early this session by Charles
Marbury, of Prince Georges
county, will permit the board Of
regents of the University of Mary
land to give land on its campus to
the Federal Government for the
construction of scientific expert
mental station.
The passage of the roads super
visor bill concluded the schedule
of Montgomery county local bills,
all of which met with success.
= The outstanding Montgomery
legislation was, Of course, the
$2,144,000 general construction
loan, to be used in building and
repairing schools and highways,
followed closely by a second huge
- bond issue of $1,200,000 for the
extension of the metropolitan
area.
Other Bond Issues
Several local bond issues of
secondary Importance were also
secured by the Montgomery dele
cation.
These included $4,000 for pay.
ment of a deficit in the 1929
3O-31 school building program;
100000 for payment of cOnStruc-
ton costs of the new courthouse
at Rockville and the police sta
tiOn at Silver Spring; 100000
for payment for the new police
station at Bethesda, and an addi-
tiOnal 100000 on the 100000
contingency fund.
A number of new positions will
be created in Montgomery under
successful bills.
The most important of these,
perhaps, are the appointment of a
county engineering department,
an assistant treasurer; an auditor,
to be appointed by the circuit
court judge to inspect the treas
urer's books; school property
custodian, and assistants to the
clerk of county commissioners.
Two other successful Montgom-
cry bills provide for the widening
Of both Wisconsin and Connecti-
cut Avenues.
S275,OOO School Fund
Foremost in the Prince Georges
legislation stands the $275, 900
bond issue for schools, followed
in Importance by the 100000
county debt for a concrete road
to run along the old Edmondston
Road.
A third financial bill OF vital
importance to the county was the
$4,000 appropriation for the vol
unteer fire department.
The most drastic of Prince
Georges measures, was, perhaps,
the criminal bond bill, requiring
a list of true values, incumber-
8nces, ETC., on all properties
pledged as surety for released
prisoners, and prohibiting the pay
Inent of fees by bOndSmen to pO-
hcemen, conStableS, and justices.
Other police measures provide
for the severance of the police
force from the sheriff, and placing
it under the command Of an in
dependent chief; and new
county building in Hyattsville.
May Become Towns
Mt. Rainier, Colmar Manor.
Cheverly, Fairmont Heights and
Eagle Harbor may become incor-
porated towns under other bills
passed.
Colnar Manor is further au.
thorized to float bond issues up
to $4,000 for Improvements, while
the boundaries of Mt. Rainier
have been extended, and pay
authorized it's mayor and com.
mon council.
Creation of a building inspector
for the county, to enforce a code
to be written later, was also pro-
vided at the General Assembly.