Evening star., 1941-02-05
Law 10 Protect Banks
On Pay Day Hours
Asked
Morbury Introduces Bill;
Measure Offered to
Rotote Candidate Names
BY JACK ALLEN,

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 5.-Fearing
banks in Prince Georges and Mont
gomery Counties may suffer loss
through transactions made after
their regular business hours on
Federal Government pay days, Sen
ator Charles C. Marbury OF Prince
Georges has introduced a bill to
safeguard such institutions.
The measure, which would legal
ize transactions made by those in
stitutions during any hours they
fix to remain open for public con-
venience on the 18TH and last day
of each month, bears the indorse-
ment of j. D. Hospelhorn, deputy
State banking commissioner.
While the Senate Committee on
Judicial Proceedings took up the
Marbury BILL the House received
from Delegate Ruth E. Shoemaker.
Montgomery County, a measure
which would eliminate the ad-
vantage afforded some political
candidates under the present law
recurring that candidates names
be printed on ballots and voting
machines in alphabetical order.
Calls for Rotating Names.
Her bill would require that in
primary election contests involving
four or more candidates for one
office, the order in which the can
didates' names are printed on bal
lots or posted on voting machines
would be rotated so that no indi-
vidual or group of candidates would
monopolize the advantageous posi-
tions.
Miss Shoemaker'S bill deals
solely with primary elections, but
she declared today she intends to
have it amended when reported out
by the House Judiciary Committee
for general elections as well.
Senator Marbury said his bank
bill was introduced at the suggestion
of Howard w. Ducket, president of
the Prince Georges Banking g.
Trust Co.
THE State bank commissioner"
Mr.. Duckett wrote Senator Marbury,
insists that we are in danger of loss
by reason of the transactions going
| through the banks on the days we
are open late, which are Govern
ment pay days.
Some of us close at l o'clock and
are open again from 4 o'clock to
Is o'clock; some banks whose
established hours are from 9 o'clock
to 2 o'clock 60 on through, without
closing, until or 6 o'clock, and it is
these added hours that create the
liability"
The House, meanwhile, took up
two Anne Arundel measures. One
would legalize bingo games when
played for charitable purposes and
operated by certain bona f1de county
organizations, the other would per-
NIT the sale of beer and light wines
between the hours of 6 am. and
midnight, creating an ION sale" beer
and light wine license costing $50 a
| year.
Before the Senate were four bills
introduced by Senator j. Wilmer
johnson to rid Calvert County OF as
many antiquated laws.
Under the bingo bill introduced
by the Anne Arundel delegation in
the House yesterday, bona fide
fraternal, religious and charitable
organizations and volunteer fire de-
partments would be permitted to
conduct the games when operated
for charity.
Asks Repeal Of Laws.
Senator Johnson's repeal meas
ures before the Senate would re-
move from statute books laws
which provide:
That the Calvert County COM
missioners may create a board of
road commissioners, maintain and
construct roads and sell bonds to
finance road work.
That the commissioners may es-
tablish and maintain an almshouse
Penalties for the theft Of tobacco
in the four Southern Maryland
counties.
For the appointment of notaries
public in Calvert County.
Senator johnson explained that
the road law is not used because the
county roads are now under the
supervision of the State Roads Com
mission; that since the creation of
State institutions there has been
no need for an alnshouse law for
Calvert; that the tobacco theft law,
passed in 1924, has been held un-