Evening star., 1937-04-06
SIS, $50, 900 Maryland Meas.
ure Will Become Effective
on June |.
REFERENDUM PROVIDED
ON STATE INCOME TAX
Legislature Also Approves $9,-
052,00O State Bond Issue for
New Construction.
BY JACK ALLEN,
StafY CORRESPONDENT OF The Star.

etaff Correspondent Of The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, April 6.-Maryland's S
relief tax program-legalizing book
making in Prince Georges County and
other communities, including Balti-
more City-was passed by the Senate
shortly before the assembly adjourned
sine die at noon.
Consideration of the SIS 1850 900 meas
ure, which becomes effective June l.,
was delayed for several hours as men,
bers of a Conference Committee from
the House and Senate toiled over an
impasse in the State bond bill, calling
for issuance Of $9,052,000 in con-
struction bonds.
The Senate passed the relief tax
measure a few moments after the
Conference Committee reported.
The House adopted the Conference
Committees report on the bond bill
while the Senate was passing the re-
lief bill and the upper chamber quick
ly followed in the Houses footsteps on
the bond proposal.
Others Passed.
Among Statewide legislation passed
were bills:
Providing constitutional amendment
to authorize the Legislature to impose
tax on incomes of individuals, but
not on corporations. The amend
ment will be submitted in the Novem-
ber, 1888, election.
Requiring persons to testify for the
State in trials of lottery, bribery and
conspiracy charges and granting such
witnesses immunity from prosecution.
Granting tax exemptions for four
years to the Baltimore g. Annapolis
Railroad.
Continuing for two years State
Roads Commission control over county
lateral roads.
Authorizing issuance of $l,000,000
in bonds for construction of q State
Office building in Annapolis.
Allowing use of convict labor on
roads.
Setting up a commission to award
$4,000 per year in scholarships for
higher education of celored.
The relief measure underwent one
change in the House this morning.
Changed in House.
When it left the Senate early Sum-
day the relief tax bill contained a
provision specifically stating the per-
centage Baltimore city and each
county would derive from the proceeds
OF the welfare tax.
Members of the House, however,
changed this early today to enable
the State Board of Aid and Charities
to allocate the money-and the Fed
eral funds that will match tin the
communities on the basis of need,
rather than population.
The Senate approved the amend
ment.
Members Sleep.
The Conference Committee from the
House and Senate on the bond pro-
posal was formed shortly after day.
break today and was in session for
nearly three hours before it was re-
ported an agreement had been reached
upon House amendments to the bond
bill
Meanwhile tired members of both
houses, worn out from continuous
work since II o'clock yesterday morn
ing, reclined or slept in their seats
and about the lounges adjoining the
two chambers.
1t was said the Conference Com
mittee spent nearly three hours over
six amendments attached in the House
and finally agreed to solve the prob
lem by allowing Morgan College for
Colored 100000 for building purposes
and $50, 1000 for an armory at Denton.
House Provisions.
When the bill came from the House
at daybreak it carried new provisions
as follows:
For Morgan College, 100000.
For a Naval Militia armory, $780,
900.
For Baltimore Airport, 100000.
For the tobacco warehouse, $55, 900.
For an armory at Denton, $4,000.
For the armory at Pikesville, $780,
oOO
The changes would have raised the
amount of the bonds to 1885,, 900.
Under the conference committee re-
port, however, this would be cut to
$sS52,00o.
Passage of the relief bill through
the House was marked with virtually
no debate. The change striking out
the specific method in which the re-
lief money would be allocated was
adopted without discussion.
Amendment Beaten.
The delegation from Prince Georges
County-which would legalize book.
making with $4,000 county license
fee in addition to the State license o1
$4,000 and l per cent tax on al
.wagers-sought to amend the bill tt
reap further profits for their county
Members of the delegation Offered
an amendment proposing that the
per cent tax on wagers made In Prince
Georges and Baltimore City be re-
tanned by those communities for vel.
fare work, but the amendment wa!
quickly killed.
The bill was then passed by th'
House 'on third reading under q sus'
pension of rules and the measure wa!
sent to the Senate.
The relief-tax program as passee
by the Legislature follows:
A tax of 212 cents per gallon OF
whisky manufactured in Maryland.
A tax Of Is cents barrel on beer.
Ia A corporation franchise tax.
,fi Twenty extra days of racing.
* A stamp tax on recorded lega
documents.
IA $25 license fee for pin ball ane
claw machines.
"a / per cent automobile titling tax
"a tax on admissions to places O
amusement.
Bookmaking license fees, $4,000 {
year, and per cent on bets.
"a cosmetics tax, exempting soaps