The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-01-26
SENATOR COAD PLANS
FURTHER BUDGET SAVINGS
Tells Assembly He Intends To
Cut State Appropriations
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COMMITTEES TO MEET

Annapolis, Jan. 25-The Cen
eral Assembly today seemed
headed toward what has been
set down as the real work of this
session-drafting and putting
into effect a program to ease the
burden of direct taxation.
Just before the first meeting
of the Senate Finance Commit
tee, Senator J. A. Coad (Dem.,
st. Mary's) announced that he plans
to cut $2,O0O,O0O from the State bud
get appropriations for 1884 and 1885.
Among some members of the House
the feasibility of moratorium on the
training of teachers for the public
school system was discussed, and rep
resentatives of the tobacco growing
districts called on Governor Richie
and suggested further cuts in the ap-
preparations for public schools in lieu
of tax on tobacco products.
Early Road Tax Action Seen
The Governor and other administra-
ton officials indicated they expect
early action on their plan to reduce
the county levies for roads by main
tanning them from the gasoline tax
funds and asserted that they believe
opposition to having the funds adj
ministered by the State Roads Com
mission had been reduced to a mini
mum.
Virtually all committees in both the
House and Senate, to which bills have
been committed have met to speed
action on local and non-fscal matters
and clear the way for consideration of
the administration measure or altern-
ative proposals for relief from heavy
local taxation.
Senator Coad advised Governor
Richie that he intended to prevail up
on the Finance Committee to reduce
by 100000 for each year the budget
for the next biennium, which was
drafted by the Governor and submit
ted for action Of the Legislature when
it reconvened Tuesday evening. The
Governor, he said, told him at would
be fine" if the Senators found some
way to reduce the States eXpendi-
lures without impairing the necessary
functions of government.
To Study Items Minuiely
II intend to go over this budget
item for item and I expect to be able
to recommend slashes of at least
$2,0O0,00O," he said
Senator David G. Mcintosh, Jr.,
(Dem., Baltimore county, and senator
Dudley G. Roe (Dem., Queen Anne's)
are in accord with Senator Coad's pro-
posal that the Finance Committee find
some way to drop the appropriations
$2,000,000 below the S62, 1859, 174.69,
which would be expended under the
Governors allowances during the next
two fiscal years.
1t was after ten-minute speech on
the floor of the Senate, in which he
urged his colleagues to begin working
hard Immediately, while sixty-nine
days of the session remained for care
full consideration of the program be-
fore them, that Senator Coad let it be
known that he intended to seek the
h,,dra+ reduction
Tobacco Tax Protested
A delegation headed by Senator
Walter J. Mitchell (Dem., Charles),
president of the Senate, called on
Governor Richie to inform him that
they believe a ten percent tax on to-
bacco would be ruinous to the growers
in Southern Maryland, and suggested
that savings in appropriations to the
public school system would take the
place of revenues derived from this
particular commodity tax.
They suggested, the Governor said
later, that the States contributions to
the salaries of school supervisors and
assistants, attendance officers, amount
ing to approximately $185,000 an
nually, be curtailed.
Silent On Closing Normals
Although discussion of further
economies in the public school costs
by temporary closing of the four State
normal schools did not reach the stage
where any member of the Legislature
wished to be quoted as favoring such
a proposal, several said they intended
to seek the figures on the number OF
graduates of the schools whoN had
found employment after completing
the courses in the last two or three
years.
The normal schools at Towson,
Salisbury, Frostburg, and Bowie dur
ing 1884 and 1885 would cost the State
a total of $736,O72 under the appro-