Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-01-26
Drastic Cut In Richie
Budget Urged By Senator
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the figure set by Mr.. Coad, of $3,OOO,-
900, the estimate which it was rumor-
ed other county members would seek,
could be successfully taken from the
allowance. In some quarters, strong
opposition to a too-reckless welding
of the pruning knife was. expressed.
The budget was accompanied by the
bills to set the tax rate for the next
two fiscal years at % cents, instead
of % cents, which prevailed during
1892 and 1888.
Prohibition was the center of rift
in the House of Delegates yesterday
by one of the first reports to be given
to it by committee since the session
began. 1t was the report of the Com
mittee on Federal Relations on joint
resolution by Delegate Alexander
Goodman, DEM, of Baltimore request
ing the National Congress to enact
the legislation required for submit
ting repeal of the Eighteenth Amend
ment to constitutional conventions in
the States.
The committee brought in a favor
able report, but before it was adopt
ed by a roll call vote of 76 ayes to 80
nays, the sponsor explained its pur-
poses, and several of the members in
answering the roll call voiced their
opposition.
Several bills which are expected to
encounter opposition and which will
doubtless bring about some hot clash
es on the floor of the House, were in
troduced Tuesday night. Chief among
them is the proposed tax on chain
stores in favor of which two bills were
introduced, both with the purpose of
accomplishing the same end, but the
rates of taxes differ.
One of these bills, introduced by
Delegate Street Baldwin, of Baltimore
county, provides that if any organiza-
ton owns more than two stores, it
would be taxed $25 on the excess, up
to five. For each store between five
and ten, there would be $50 tax. Be
tween ten and twenty, there would be
$40 tax and $3.50 for all over twenty.
Delegate Alexander Goodman, intro
duced similar bill.
Chain-store taxes have been dis
cussed by Legislators in Maryland for
many years, not so much as revenue
producers but as efforts to halt the
growth of the chain-store business.
Heretofore, however, such measures
have been considered illegal. Since the
last Legislature met, two years ago,
the Supreme Court of the United
States has upheld chain-store tax
which Illinois imposed.
Delegates Gorfine and Baker Joint
ly introduced a civil marriage bill
which will call for fight on the
floor. 1t seeks to change the present
law which demands that all mar
riage ceremonies be conducted by
elergymen. The proposed bill would
permit justices of the peace to per-
form marriage ceremonies.
4 A bill sponsored by the Maryland
Federation of Labor to establish the
five-day week and six-hour day as
the legal standard in Maryland, has
been drawn and will probably be
introduced at this mornings session
of the Senate.
The measure applies only to intra-
state commerce, because any attempt
to regulate goods brought in from
other States or goods shipped to
other States would not be legal. 1t
would provide that mo article shall
be shipped or delivered in intra-
state commerce which was produced
in any mine, mill, quarry, cannery
or workship in which any person
was permitted to work more than
five days in any week or more than
six hours in any day."
The Senate, which refused to get
excited when the House cut the pay
of employees from IS to 81 day,
has donated approximately $1,O15 to
the State Treasury, it was learned
yesterday, following private confer
ences between President Walter j.
Mitchell, of Charles county and
members of the Upper House. Each
Senator agreed to relinquish the