The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-01-28
THREE BILLS INTRODUCED
in HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Would Require Building Permits
and Sets Pay and Hours of
Election Clerks and Judges
INCREASE FOR FIREMEN

Bills have been introduced in the
Maryland House of Delegates which if
passed would require the County Com
missioners be notified whenever any
new building was to be erected and
the owner receive a permit for the OPP
Grafton; would limit the working hours
of election officials Judges and clerks
of election) and provide payment for
overtime; would increase payments
by the County Commissioners to active
volunteer fire companies throughout
the county.
The bill requiring building permit
has been introduced in the House
by Delegates Harry Edwards and M.
l.. Groves and makes it unlawful for
any person to erect, construct or build
or commence to build any house, sta
Ible, clubhouse or building of any kind
without first applying in writing to
the clerk of the County Commission
ers. Failure to do this brings a pen
atty of SIS for each offense.
The application for the permit must
set out the size and character Of the
building, the material to be used in
its construction, etc., the name of the
contractor, foreman and superinten-
dent in charge of construction, who is
considered the builder" and the one
who must make application.
The purpose of this proposed law
is to give the commissioners informa-
ton as to the proper valuation of the
property for taxable purposes.
The bill relating to payment of
money to the various fire departments,
also introduced by Assemblymen Ed
wards and Groves, increases the sum
to be paid to the Oakland department
from $500 to $1,000; to the Grants
vile department from 5000 to $400,
and would require sum of $40O to be
paid to each of the Friendsville and
Kitzmiller fire departments so long
as each of the departments remand ac-
tive fire fighting organizations.
The third bill introduced in the
House by all members of the county
delegation, provides for compensation
of judges and clerks of election andregl
istration officers, fixes the hours which
constitute a day for election and reg
istration purposes and provides COM
pensation for overtime work.
The bill provides that the officers
shall be allowed and paid five dollars
a day, the day to be the time from the
opening of the polls until the closing
of the same. Overtime is to be allowed
at the rate of so cents per hour. Here
tofore the law was construed that a
day meant from the time the polls were
declared open until midnight of the
same day. Any overtime after mid
night was allowed at the rate of 40
cents per hour.
In The Senate
Senator Clifford Friend last Thurs
day introduced a bill in the Senate
which would make failure by the
Garrett County Treasurer to "col-
lect and report" all taxes for the pre-
vious year "wilful neglect" and proper
grounds for his removed from Office.
The bill also would reduce the bond
the treasurer makes to the State for
collection of taxes from 100000 to
$4,000, and would require that the
treasurer be bonded by a corporate
bonding company, the premium on
such bond to be paid by the County
Commissioners from public funds and
also requires the treasurer to secure
bonds from banks in which county
funds are deposited.
The bill was referred to a special
committee consisting of Senators
Friend, Lloyd and Cooksey.
Among the bills dropped into the
hopper of the House yesterday was
one providing for a SIS short-term
hunting license in Garrett county and
one placing a bounty on wildcats,
weasels and foxes in Garrett county.
A Senate measure passed by the
Senate and sent to the House would
exempt Garrett county from the law
requiring publication of statements
of county expenses in two newspapers.