Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-25
PASSED
FOR MONTGOMERY
Maryland House 0. KS Bill
AboIishing Alta Vista Spe-
ciaI Taxing Area.
BY GEORGE PORTER,
star Correspondent Of The star

| ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 25.-Finally
reaching some of the Senate bills which
have been piling up on its third-read-
ing file for several weeks. the House of
Delegates yesterday passed the bill abol-
ishing the Alta Vista special taxing area
and tive other Montgomery County
measures.
The Alta Vista bill, introduced by
Senator Robert @. Hilton of Montgom-
cry County, eliminates the special tax
ing area for that community, but pro-
vides outstanding levies be collected by
the county treasurer and applied to the
payment of existing debts contracted
by the Citizens Committee. The bill
now goes to the Governor for his sig
nature.
The other Senate Montgomery County
bills given final approval by the House
and sent to the Governor authorizes a
$50, 900 bond issue for water and sewer
construction in Rockville and gives the
county commissioners authority to con-
denim land.
The House also passed three of its
own Montgomery County bills, while in
the upper branch one Montgomery
County measure was passed and four
introduced.
Penalty for False Alarms.
The Harrington bill providing penal
ties for persons who turn in false fire
alarms was one Of the measures adopted
by the House.
A bill increasing the expense allowance
of members Of the Montgomery County
Board of Education from 500 to $500 a
year. which had been opposed by the
Montgomery County Civic Federation,
was also passed. Delegate Marvin Far
rlngton also introduced this measure.
The third bill passed by the House
provides that the Montgomery County
commissioners receive q salary Of 81 800
year instead of 1900, as at pres
ent. This bill, sponsored by Delegates
George L. Edmonds, Lavinia Engle, O..
w. Roby and Marvin harrington, antici-
pates the necessity of two meetings
week by the county commissioners.
The upper branch took final action
on Senator Hilton's bill to create the
ONCE of supervisor Of county aid in
MONTGOMERY County. It is reported a
this measure in the House.
Bill Asks for Free Water.
The Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission is authorized to furnish
water to charitable institutions in
Montgomery County under the terms OF
bill introduced by Senator Hilton,
provided those institutions are open to
residents Of the county.
Appointment of the supervisor Of
school property by the county commits
sioners is made possible in two other
bills introduced by Mr. Hilton. At
present this official Is named by the
County Board Of Education, subject to
the approval Of the county commission
erS.
The Hilton bills not only give the
county commissioners. the outright
power to appoint the school property
supervisor but also enable that official
to appoint school janitors. One of the
bills exempts Montgomery County from
the State law requiring janitors to be
appointed by local school trustees and
the other transfers the appointive
power.
The final measure presented by Mr.
Hilton provides for a ! cent per 500
levy for the Community House at Bat
terry Park.
The House also passed the resolution
Of Delegate Melvin W. Routson, Carroll
County, asking Congress to build q
boulevard from Gettysburg to Wash
ington.