Evening star., 1935-03-28
a NEARBY BILLS
ARE SENT TO NICE
Two Others, on Statewide
Questions, Sponsored by
: Local Delegations Pass.
BY JACK ALLEN,
Staf Correspondent of The Star.

L ANNAPOLIS, Mafch 1o.7opOn-
spred by members of the Montgomery
and Prince Georges County delega-
tions, Is more measures today were
awaiting Gov Harry w. Nice's sigma
ture before becoming law.
The bills, two of which dealt with
State wide questions. completed their
legislative course with their adoption
by the Senate last night. Fourteen
deal with nearby questions.
Several other bills presented by the
delegations reached the halfway
point.
Included in the State wide meas
ures enacted by the Senate was the
bill to permit new residents of Mary
land period of 80 days in which to
purchase their automobile tags. Pres
|ent laws require new residents to buy
their tags Immediately upon estab-
fishing their domicile in Maryland.
Controllers Expenses Shared.
Delegate John S. White of Prince
Georges County, who introduced the
bill, believes present laws are unjust
to new residents in view of the fact
that temporary residents of the State
are permitted to use their foreign"
tags for 80 days.
The other State bill was presented
by Kent R. Mullikin of Prince Georges,
majority floor leader of the House. and
would require gasoline dealers to bear
reasonable travelling and other eX-
penses of the controller when he
deems it necessary personally to eX-
l.
gasoline tax collections.
The Senate also passed and sent to
the Governor the bill authored by
Delegate Ruth Shoemaker of Mont
gomery County to fix the date on
which elective officials of the county
shall take Office as January of the
year following their election. The
date on which county public officials
take Office became an important issue
in Montgomery after the last elec-
ton.
River Bridge Bill Passes.
Gov. Nice also received from the
Senate proposal giving legislative
sanction to the Federal Government
for the construction of bridge across
the Potomac River at Great Falls
whenever funds become available
Delegates Joseph A. Cantrel and
Walter M. Magruder sponsored the
bill.
Senator Stedman PrescottS meas
ure requiring roadside stand operators
and persons who sell merchandise
from door to door to obtain hucksters
licenses was approved by the Senate
on third reading and sent to the
House.
Prince Georges County House bills
which passed on third reading in the
Senate affect Cottage City, Colmar
Manor, Riverdale, HyattSville, Brent
wood and Fairmont Heights.
Mullikin Drafts Four.
-Four of them are bills drafted by
Mullikn to provide for a general reg
istration of voters in Laurel next year,
clarity the costs levied in delinquent
tax sales, empower the town council
to set reasonable fees for business
licenses and to allow that body to
reduce the period in which water
service may be discontinued for non
payment of bills. The new limit would
be six months.
A 12-cent fire tax in Cottage City,
an increase in the annual compensa-
ton of the Cottage City treasurer and
a referendum on a 10-cent fire tax in
Colmar Manor is provided in three
bills passed under Whites name. The
Cottage City treasurer's pay would be
increased from S100 to $500 for q
period of 10 years and then reduced
to $3.50.
Delegation bills permitting an in
crease in the borrowing limitations of
Brentwood, an increase in the maxi
mum tax rate that may be levied in
Rlverdale, a referendum on tine in
corporation of Fairmont Heights, a
colored community, and empowering
the Colmar Manor Council to make |
appointments of town officers also |
were adopted in the Upper House.
Tax Rates Raised.
BrentWood's borrowing powers would !
be raised from to per cent of its |
assessable basis, the maximum tax rate
in Riverdale would be raised from Is |
to 80 cents on the $100 assessment and |
the Colmar Manor Council would be
permitted to name a clerk treasurer, |
co'4SatOA aAlO LlCdltIl W serve
two years and to fix their salaries, un-
der the terms of the other measures
enacted
A bill requiring the Hyattsville
Town Council TO obtain the written
consent of more than so per cent of
the abutting property owners before
proceeding with street improvements
on the front-foot benefit plan also
went through the Senate Delegate
Egbert F. Tingley was author of the
measure.
Amended to permit county commits
sioners to levy small fee for Sunday
movie licenses, the White measure to
permit Sunday motion picture per-
formances outside the incorporated
towns of the county passed the House
and vert to the Senate.