Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-27
Major Nearby
Bills Signed
By0'Conor
7 Montgomery and
8 Prince Georges
Measures Approved

Bills eStaDnSnlng a permanent
board of assessment in Montgomery
County, Md, and regulating bill
boards and coming along Central
avenue and the Largo road in Prince
Georges County were among lit
measures enacted into law yesterday
with the signature of Gov. O'Conor.
Also included in seven Montgom-
cry County and eight Prince Georges
County bills was one which in eff
feet bans raising of garbage fed
hogs on a commercial scale in Prince
Georges after April /, 1912. The
bill prohibits transportation of gar
bage on county roads except to
places designated by the County
Health Department and will prohibit
hog raisers from bringing in garbage
from the District. The effective
date was set for next April to give
hog farmers feeding garbage time
to dispose of their stock.
Under the measure establishing
permanent Montgomery board of
assessment, chief assessor and two
assessors are to be named by the
county commissioners to make a
complete assessment of the county
every five years on a continuous
plan, one-f1fth of the county each
year. The bill also provides that
property be assessed quarterly in
stead OF annually, as under the
present system, so that property
completed after the date of final
ity can be taxed during the same
year.
Billboard Regulation.
The roadside-control measures
apply to Central avenue from. the
District line to the Patuxent River
and the Largo road from Defense
Highway to Grain Highway. The
county commissioners are given au-
thority to regulate billboards and
establish coming areas along both
roads.
Other bills enacted into law for
Montgomery County were:
Annexing portion of the north
part of the Rockville election dis
trict TO the Gaithersburg district;
Authorizing the county commits
sioners to make payments to paid
fire departments, such as that in
Bethesda, as well as volunteer COM
panies;
Providing for appointment of an
additional committing magistrate to
take bonds in the Rockville, Bethesda
and Wheaton districts;
Increasing the salary of judges
of the Orphans Court to a figure
not to exceed $1,000 a year after
the election of 1912;
Extending the boundaries of the
Washington suburban sanitary dis
trict to take in a section between
the Veirs Mill road and Georgia
avenue pike in the Wheaton district;
Providing for appeals to the Cir
cult Court from decisions of the
County Liquor Control Board; and
Authorizing an employe of the
county commissioners to collect dog
and kennel licenses.
Other Prince Georges Measures.
The other Prince Georges County
measures would:
Require permit from the county
commissioners for baseball and
football games, motorcycle and
automobile races conducted for
profit;
Authorize a relief guard at the
county Jail;
Extend the suburban sanitary
district in the vicinity of Lanham;
Establish a town charter for
the Berwyn area subject to refer
endum: and
Grant a perpetual right of way
over the University of Maryland
grounds to property of Mary E.
Engle as a result of relocation Of
road.
The remaining 90 of the 937 bills
passed by the General Assembly will
be acted on at pm. Thursday, Gov.
O'Conor announced last night.
He said he expected to veto some.
Maryland law requires him to take
action on the measures before
June l.
Measures Await Action.
The anti-sabotage bill and
measure prohibiting malicious in
reference with transportation of
perishable goods in interstate COM
merce are among the legislative
proposals awaiting action.
Major bills among the 1T signed
yesterday included measures to:
Provide more than 200 free schol-
arships to the University of Mary
land.
Impose a special 2 per cent tax
on half-mile race tracks to help
finance equalization of colored and
white school teachers salaries.
Increase the State controllers
salary to $4,000 in January, 1913;
the State insurance commissioners
salary to $500, his deputy's to
$4,000 and the motion picture GEN.
sor boards chairman to $1,000.
Reduce chauffeurs' licenses by
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out annually, be issued every alter
nate year.
Amusement Tax Cut.
Reduce from l per cent to u per
cent the taxes paid by motion pic
ture theaters and other amuse-
ment places on their gross receipts.
Reduce music box license fees
from SIS to SO.
Place a 100000 ceiling" on the
States general fund surplus with all
excess funds dedicated to reduce
the States debt, thereby lowering
real estate taxes.
Prevent power companies from
erecting spite lines" in rural terri
tory which co-operatives propose to
serve.
Provide for drivers training
courses in county high schools with
the State police superintendent en-
powered-but not directed to use
State troopers as instructors.
Authorize the State Conservation
Commission to reserve areas in
Chesapeake Bay and tributaries for
oyster conservation or propagation.