Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-12-09
Baltimore City To
BeRepresented On
I State Committee
Mayor Jackson, At Conference,
Indicates Cooperation BY
Naming 8 Officials To
Work With COuntians

AAASS TNSNjVVVSVVV year 1OT SONcTH-
ment and the people of Maryland
cannot afford S1O0,000,OOO govern
ment," said Mayor Howard W. Jack
son of Baltimore last Monday, follow
ing a meeting with the contact com
mittee of the County Commissioners
conference, which was arranged by
Robert c. Clarke, the Baltimore Coun-
ty member of the committee.
The meeting was held at the South
ern Hotel in Baltimore, where the
county representatives were the guests
of the Mayor at luncheon. At the in
vitation of the Mayor, Francis A.
Michael, Speaker of the House of Dele
gates, and State Senator John H.
Bouse, chairman Of the Baltimore
City delegation of the Senate, attend
ed. James P. Kelley, counsel to the
County Commissioners of Baltimore
County also accepted the Mayors in
vitation to attend.
All of the members of the county
contact committee, were present as
follows: Rex A. Taylor, chairman, of
Wicomico county; Robert C. Clarke, of
Baltimore county; David W. Sloan, of
Allegheny county; Herbert H. Balch,
of Talbot county, w. P. Wachter, of
Washington county, and Senator ].
H. C. Legg, of Queen Anne's county,
permanent chairman of the commits
sioners' group, and a member of the
committee ex OficiO.
Although the Mayer made it clear
that he had not committed himself to
the proposed program of the govern
ing bodies of the various counties of
the State, he is said to have listened
with interest to the plans outlined by
city in the consideration of Legislative
programs which will be drafted by
another committee, designated as the
Legislative committee, of the County
Commissioners Conference.
The members of the committee ap-
pointed by the Mayor are as follows:
R. E. Lee Marshall, City Solicitor;
Bernard L. Crozier, Chief Engineer,
and Herbert R. Fallin, budget clerk
and head of the Bureau of Disburse-
ments. The Mayor appointed the COM
mittee at the request of the members
of the contact committee, after it was
shown that the commissioners group
had no intention of passing their tax
burdens to the city, but hoped to
effect genuine reduction in expenses.
1t is expected that all of the MEM
hers of the committee, including the
members of the committee for cutting
down the costs of government and
named a committee to represent the
city's representatives will call on Gov
ernor Richie, the State Board of Edu-
cation, and the State Roads Commits
sion within the next few days to
acquaint them with proposed new
Legislation which will be drafted by
the legislative committee.
These bills, of which there will be
four, will be prepared with view to
reducing the cost of operation of the
schools by fixing 40 cents, instead of
81 cents, as at present, for the legal
levy for school purposes; the alloca-
ton of cent of the 2-cent gasoline
tax to the counties for road purposes;
the apportioning to the counties of
all fines collected in the counties for
violations of the automobile laws, and
the changing of larceny of less than
$25 from felony to misdemeanor
to permit trial by magistrates of cases
of this nature.
In order to share in the States
fund, the counties, under
the present law, must levy 81 cents
in local taxes. counties which cannot
meet the legal educational require
ments with this 67-cent levy, are al
located enough State funds to bring
their county system up to the mini
mum standard. Under the Accent levy
the State would be called upon to ap-
propriate $3,90O,OOO more for schools
in 1884 and 1885. This sum would
then be used to underwrite half the
costs of the minimum standard of ed
ucation in each county and Baltimore
city.
The State Roads Commission,
through E. Brooke Lee, one of its
who attended the first con-
ference of the commissioners held in
nnanolis oY, Novenher 10 announced