The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-03
.GARRETTCOUNTY
GETS MAJORITY
OF BILLSPASSED
Discount Bill, County Commits
sioner Districting Bill, Others
Given Okeh by Legislature
OAKLAND HI BILL GETS
BY WITH REFERENDUM


With the adjournment of the legis-
lature on Tuesday morning, check
on the Garrett county bills by Darwin
Martin, one of the county delegates,
shows that there were seventeen bills
introduced in the House of Delegates
and fourteen introduced in the Senate.
Of this number, twelve of the
House bills passed for total of 70
percent, and that ten for sure and
possibly eleven bills passed in the
Senate for a total of 70 percent.
House bill 500, providing for bond
issue of $250,000 for construction of
high school building at Oakland,
subject to referendum, was one of
those passed, Likewise, Senate bill
1T, providing for the construction of
the addition to Accident and the re-
building of the Hutton school, passed.
This was signed by the Governor on
Tuesday morning.
The special discount bill, Senate bill
No. 148, for prompt payment of taxes,
was also passed and was signed by
the Governor on Tuesday. This bill
provides for fixing the rate of taxa
ton on or before January IS, making
taxes due and payable on February 1
and overdue and in arrears on Novem-
Der /. Taxes, if paid during January
and February, may be discounted for
five percent; if paid during March
and April, discount of four percent;
if paid during May and June, a dis
count of three percent; if paid during
July, August, September and October,
the amount thereof, without discount
or interest; if not paid by October 81,
interest at the rate of one-half of one
percent per month will be charged
and collected. No discount is to be al
lowed unless the whole amount of
state and county taxes due by any
person or corporate institution be
paid at the time.
Roads Back to County
The maintenance of county roads
will be in charge of the county COM
missioners, as the result of Carroll
county bill which passed the legisla-
ture. An amendment tackled on to the
bill included Garrett county in its
provisions.
The return of the roads to the coun-
ty will take effect in October of this
year.
About $4,000 is spent annually on
road maintenance here, exclusive of
State roads. The amount depends up
on the gas tax revenue.
This means all county roads which
have been under the supervision of
the State Roads Commission for the
past several years, and about which
there has been much controversy.
Mr.. Martin said that the bill car
ried some very strict regulations.
Bills Passed
Other bills passed by the legisla-
ture, as listed by Mr. Martin, include
the following:
H. B. 193-Relating to cattle cross
ing signs upon the highways.
H. B. 386-Relating to County
Commissioner districts in county for
purpose of distributing representa-
ton.
H. B. 525-Relating to search of
autos for game unlawfully killed.
H. B. 526-Relating to closed sea-
son on grOundhogs.
H. B. officiating to penalties for
game law violations
H. B. 570-Relating to licenses for
pin ball machines.
H. B. 704-Relating to fixing en-
ployment, compensation, and resi-
dence of attorney to Board of County
Commissioners.
H. B. 755-Relating to repeal of
cruelty to animals law (obsolete).
H. B. 756-Relating to repeal of
hooppoles and timber law (obsolete)
H. B. 757-Giving county treasurer
until October instead of June as time
to repay borrowed money.
H. B. 797-Relating to collection of
auto taxes for Loeb Lynn and Kitz-
miller by county treasurer.
S. B. 113-Relating to taxation of
property within town limits of
Friendsville
S. B, 149-Relating to appointment
of clerk to Board of County Commits
sioners instead of by election.
s. B. 176-Relating to sit-down
strikes and illegal occupation of other
peoples property.
S. B. officiating to motor tax
collections of town of Kitzmiller
S. B. 245-Relating to payment of
taxes on automobiles for entire coun-
ty. (There was some question about
this but Mr.. Martin was almost sure
that it had passed)
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