Evening star., 1933-03-05
COUNTY ECONOMY
BILLS INTRODUCED
Five Measures Would Cut
Pay of Prince Georges o.
ficiaIs 10 Per Cent.
nv. STAFF CORRESPONDENT Of The Star.

Rvs staff Correspondent Of The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 4.-F1ve
bills reducing the pay of Prince Georges
County officials 10 per cent were intro
d,ced in the House yesterday, along
with six other county measures.
Delegate Kent r. Mullikin, spokes-
man for the delegation, announced sew
eral other economy proposals, includ-
ing one which would reduce the al
loWance for the Volunteer F1remens S
Association 10 per cent, to be intro
duced next week.
The depression" bills presented yes
terday cut the salary of the clerk to
the county commissioners from $2,500
to $2,250, the deputy clerk from $1,000
to $1,000, with the provision that
the "clerk to the road boards total
compensation shall not exceed Sl,620'
instead of $1,000. and the county
treasurer from $4,000 a year to $5,4oo;;
The treasurer's allowance for clerical
assistance is reduced from $4,000 10
s2,7OO, the tranfer clerks pay Is cut
from $1,000 to $1,000, the compensa-
ton of the Circuit Court stenographer
Judges of the Orphans Court are cut
from Sl2 to $1,000 day and the pay
Of the guard to the jail reduced from
81 to S180 for each day and night
he is on duty.
Expected to Volunteer Cut
All of the bills are effective June
1 Those concerning the salaries OF
elected officials. such as the treasurer:
cannot be enforced until the term OF
the incumbent expires, but 1t is SAID
by county delegates that such ofnclals
are expected to accept voluntary
cut along with employees OF the county
on June !.
Bills ready for introduction Monday
night cut the pay of the stenographer
to the grand jury and States attorney
from 81 200 to $1,000 and reduce the
nay of the county commissioners from
$500 to $270 year. The commission
ers have already announced that they
will set an example for the county by
voluntarily accepting 10 per cent cut,
even though the proposed bill could
not be enforced during their term OF
Office.
The measure also repeals some obso-
lete provisions of the county commits
sioners law regarding their terms OF
office.
Other Bills Introduced.
Other Prince Georges bnlS introduced
yesterday require ccnstables and sherit1s
to take prisoners before "the nearest
Justice of the peace; allow magistrates
10 commit prisoners to the Hyattsville
lookup either to the sheriff or the
chief Of police "in their discretion" !:
give the chief CT police full charge OF
that lookup: require sellers OF artificial
and. natural ice to pay a $50 annual
license fee, increase the term OF the
mayor and treasurer Of North Brent
wood from one to two years. and re-
ouire that constables reside In the
district in which they are appointed.
The measure giving the chief OF
police charge Of the Hyattsville lookup
carries an emergency clause making 1t
effective on date of passage.
Members CT the county delegation said
today they would amend pending bill
limiting constables and magistrates to
one fee if several warrants were issued
as a result of one incident, SO as to
permit magistrates to be paid for writ
ing bonds, commitments and releases.
The sum to be allowed for this service
has not been determined, the delegates
said, but would be paid by the county
and not by the prisoner, it was said.
1t would not exceed few cents, and
amount to much less than the total
sum expected under the multiple war
rant bill Magistrates are not now paid
for this service and the legislators be-
lieve they are entitled to nominal fee
it. as often happened, they are called
out of bed at night to release prisoners
from jail.