The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-01-26
SENATOR COAD PLANS
FURTHER BUDGET SAVINGS

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priations in the present budget. The
total cost of operating the schools for
this period is set at S958,O72, exclusive
of the ten percent salary contri-
buttons, but $222,000 of this, it is es-
timated, will be paid into the State
Treasury from students board and
and fees.
Governor Opposes Idea
Although there is a large waiting
list of qualified teachers who have
graduated from the normal schools,
Governor Richie said he did not be-
lieve it would be advisable to close
the institutions. An increase from
two to three years in the course has
resulted in a temporary decrease in
the number of graduates, he said.
Closing the schools would add to I'M
employment and seriously affect the
communities in which they are located,
the Governor added, although he had
considered the question, he did not
deem it advisable unless absolutely
necessary, he said.
1t was as a result of a conference
with all of the Democratic Senators
that Governor Richie said he believed
opposition to the administration
plan to have the funds allocated to
the counties for road maintenance
handled by the State Roads Commits
sion had diminished to an appreciate
degree.
The Governor and E. Brooke Lee, a
members of the State Roads Commits
sion, explained to the Senators that
the administration of the gasoline tax
funds on the county road maintenance
would in no sense mean an absorption
by the State of the county road
systems. Division of the funds into
twenty-three separate units, the Gov
ernor told them, would be, in his
opinion against efficiency and salts
factory working of the plan to cut the
road costs on the county tax bills.
State To Have Final Say
A system can be worked out, the
Governor said, whereby the money can
be expended under joint supervision
of the County Commissioners and the
State Roads Commission, with the
latter body having the final decision.
In all instances, the Senators were
informed, road equipment and the
personnel of the road organizations of
the counties would be utilized by the
State Roads Commission, if satisfac-
tory.
Mr.. Lee and G. Clinton Uhl, chair
man of the roads body, were in the
State House today comforting with
the members of the Legislature on a
system that would be satisfactory to
the counties and next Wednesday
night the Governor and Mr.. Lee will
discuss this phase of the administra-
TONS general program with members
of the House of Delegates.
Sessions of the Senate and the
House both were brief today. Aside
from measures of purely local nature,
the only bills introduced called for
revision of the insurance laws, an in
crease in the penalty for kidnapping
and permission for the Board of Esti-
mates of Baltimore to regulate the
working hours and wages of laborers
on public projects and for the city.
Senator John H. Bouse Dem, First
Baltimore district) sponsored the bill
to give the Board of Estimates juris-
diction in setting a fve-day week of
six hours day, if it wishes, and place
the minimum wage at So a day.
Kidnap Penalty Increased
The increase in the penalty for kid
mapping was proposed by Senator
Creston L. Beauchamp rep, Somer-
set). He would raise the minimum
penalty for the crime from twenty to