Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-12-02
Commissioners Condemn
Inference Of Hostile Intent
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arranged to have a conference with
Mayor jackson next Monday. The con.
ference was arranged by Mr.. Clarke,
the Baltimore county member of the
committee.
The Mayor said he would invite to
the conference Francis A. Michael
Speaker of the House Of Delegates,
and John H. Bouse, chairman of the
city Senators.
A legislative committee, composed
of attorneys who act as counsel to
their respective boards, was appointed
to draft proposed measures to be pre-
scented to the January meeting of the
Legislature for enactment into laws.
This committee, of which the chair
man is also a member ex officio, and
the specific duties with which they are
charged, is as follows:
G. Clinton McSherry, of Frederick
county, and James P. Kelley, of Bal
timore county, to draft the road
measure, which will provide that one
cent of the gasoline tax from the
maintenance fund be allocated to the
counties as construction funds.
William H. Price, of Worcester
county, to draft the proposed school
measure which provides that the
counties are not to levy more than 40
cents in order to share in the equali-
cation fund.
! Harrison Vickers, of Kent county,
to draft measure which provides for
change i'll the statute pertaining to
larceny, so as to make the stealing of
goods valued up to $25 misdemeanor
instead of a felony.
Benjamin Michaelson, of Anne
f! Arundel county, to draft measure to
change the present automobile law so
that fines collected Hereunder be re-
| turned to the county treasurer of the
county where the violation took place,
instead of being retained by the office
of the Commissioner of Motor We
hicles.
! Debate on the proposed changes in
the laws was limited to five minutes
All were endorsed without comment
however, except that doubts were ex-
pressed as to the constitutionality of
the proposed change in the larceny
law, similar measure after passing
/ at the last session of the Legislature
having been vetoed by Governor
Richie.
The State Tax Survey Commission,
among other recommendations en-
bodied in its report filed with Gov
ernor Richie last Saturday, proposes
a ten per cent. tax on total pari-
mutual winnings at the four major
tracks in Maryland, the proceeds to be
applied to the school fund, which, the
report states, would relieve the coun-
ties from all but Accent levy for
schools, instead of minimum of 81
cents which is required under the
present law. The report also recon-
mends an increase in motor truck
| license rates, but it recommends the
transfer of county road maintenance
to the State Roads Commission, a
move that will have the disapproval
of the county commissioners in nearly
all of the counties of the State.
| When Senator Legg took up the
chairman's gavel, he lost no time in
setting forth his views to the assem-
blage based on the published reports
of the previous meeting carried by
some of the Baltimore papers.
"The time has come to act" he
said. eve cannot defer this thing any
longer. The men who are here have
come here to represent their people
back home. They have not come here
to see what the great executive is 60
ing to do, neither have they come here
to see what the great tax survey COM
mission is going to do. You are elect
ed by your people and no one knows
better than you, what your people
want. They do not expect you to sit
down in this terrible crisis and wait
to see what somebody else is going to
do.
81 believe the county commissioners
of each county are just as sovereign
as the great Executive of the State.
"The report shows that they want
to take away more power from the
counties and centralize it in commits
sions. l hope we will stand together
and come here in January with con-
crete plan. l don't want our board to
sit by and take orders from COM
mission over the telephone. How long
will Maryland be the great Free State
if they take away any more powers ?
In the counties now you can't even
appoint health officer without the De-