Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
Assembly Votes
Nine Bills for
Montgomery
10 Prince Georges
Measures Filed
In Lower House

Nine local bills affecting Mont
gomery County have been approved
in the Maryland General Assembly.
while 10 Prince Georges measures
have been introduced in the House.
OF the nine, four provide for elm
nation Of election clerks In each of
the 81 county precincts due to estab-
lishment Of voting machines. More
than 100 clerks would be affected by
the measures, which have been
passed by the Senate.
The boundaries of three election
districts in Montgomery would be
changed under the terms Of a fifth
bill passed by the Senate. 1t pro-
vides that a portion of the 4th
election district be annexed to the
10th: another part of the 4th dis
trict annexed to the 9Th and por-
ton Of the 10th district annexed to
the 9Th. Officials explained that this
would establish a more even dis
tribution Of voting in the three cleo
ton districts.
Salary Approved.
A sixth bill, also approved in the
Senate, would fix the salary of the
Circuit Court stenographer at not
less than $140 per month and not
more than SITS. At present. the
court stenographer receives $40 per
day.
One Of the three remaining Mont
gomery County bills. all of which
were passed in the House, would in.
crease the pay of members of the
Board Of Registry from $1,000 to
81, 400 a year.
Another provides for appointment
OF clerks In the supervisors of cleo
tons office by the supervisors In
stead Of by the county commissions
ers, as at present. The measure
applies also to appointment Of the
custodian and deputy custodian Of
county voting machines.
A third bill authorizes the county
commissioners to direct and use all
county facilities for the duration Of
the war. A county .official explained
that this measure would empower
the commissioners to use school
buses for other purposes than to
transport children to school, If found
necessary
Prince Georges Bills.
| OF the 10 Prince Georges bills In.
troduced In the House, one would in
crease the salaries of Orphans
Court judges from $12 to $18 a day,
while another provides a salary Of
$500 a year for Board Of Health
members.
Three other bills would Increase
the compensation of secretaries to
Circuit Court judges from $1,000 to
$500 annually. increase the maxi
mum annual property tax rate in
Rlverdale from Is to IS. cents and
authorize an increase in the tax
rate OF Paramount Heights from 10
to rs cents, as well as provide for a
referendum on the measure.
Licenses would be required for all
dogs In Prince Georges County as
soon as they are born, under pro-
visions OF another BILL At present,
licenses are required for all dogs
over six months. The measure also
provides for appointment Of more
imam one dog-tax collector in each
election district.
A seventh bill authorizes the
county commissioners to establish a
pension retirement plan for all en-
ployes OF the board but does not re-
qulre that such action be taken.
Another bill would compel all per-
sons living in trailer camps to reg
lister with the county while the two
remaining bills authorize the county
commissioners to meet as police
commissioners on Tuesdays and
provides for the regulation Of park.
ing on lots at the Upper Marlboro
Courthouse and at the County Sery-
ice Building in Hyattsville.