Evening star., 1943-04-04
Maryland Race Meet
Bill 0. KID; House
Delays Adjournment
Relief Measure Killed;
Prince Georges Tax
Proposal Passed
Ey the Associated Press.

ES the Associated PreSS.
ANNAPOLIS, April 3.-The State
Senate, marking time while await
Ing for the House of Delegates to
catch up, recessed for nearly two
hours tonight with all it's pending
business cleaned up.
Just before recessing. the Senate
passed a House-approved bill to per-
NIT the racing commission to con-
solidate the sport in Maryland for
the duration OF the war and sent
1t to the Governor The COM
mission would be allowed to shift
meetings from one track to another,
with a limitation of so days at any
one track
A similar bill has been passed by
the Senate and is awaiting action
in the House. Legislative leaders
planned to pass both bills and allow
the Governor to approve the one
he thought to be the better bill
Relief Bill Killed.
One House bill was known to be
q source of likely controversy in
the Senate. That was a measure
to require that applicants for direct
relief be residents of the State for
at least three years.
The bill, already passed by the
House, had been killed by the Sem
ate during its afternoon session but
proponents planned to reconsider
the vote and attempt to force it
through.
One such attempt was made this
afternoon, but was ruled out of Or
der by Senate President Arthur H.
Brice.
The Senate passed during the
afternoon several administration
measures, none of which met any
opposition.
These included the bill to set up
a postwar reconstruction commits
sison. the bill to create a seven-man
commission empowered to make
rules and regulations for civilian
defense and the bill to provide for
certain additional deductions in the
preparation of State income tax
returns.
All three were House originated
bills which now 60 to the Governor
for signature.
Prince Georges Bill.
The Senate advanced to final pas
sage stage u bill permitting the "a
incorporated towns of Prince
Georges Sounty to tax businesses
a measure which for a time had
threatened to delay sine die ad
journment tonight.
House Majority Leader John S.
White of Prince Georges had
threatened to hold in the Ways and
Means Committee several important
bills, including the liquor law re-
vision, if the Senate Finance Com
mittee did not release the tax BILL
which he strongly favored.
Mr.. Lindsay refused to report out
the tax bill, which was Statewide in
its effect, but Senator L. Harold
Scthoron, Democrat, of Prince
Georges finally arranged a COM
promise by which the bill was
amended to apply only to Prince
Georges County.
In that form it was approved by
the Senate and advanced to third
reading stage.
Oyster Bill Causes Delay.
In the House, leaders went into
closed conference with committee
leaders on the Potomac River oyster
bill after Delegate Joseph V. A. Ev-
ans said someone must have got
away with the bill, because neither
the Senate secretary nor the House
clerk can find anv trace of it."
The Potomac River bill, a con-
troversial subject in the Legisla-
ture since 1881, was amended and
passed yesterday by the Senate. 1t
would give the Tidewater Fisheries
Commission authority to make rules
ana regulations for taking seafood
from the Potomac River
Mr.. Evans said a substitute bill
finally was taken and submitted to
the chief clerk. 1t was planned to
make an effort to pass the bill under
suspension of the rules. Delegates
from Shore counties said.
The House, under suspended rules,
adopted further Ways and Means
Committee amendments to the
Statewide liquor control bill and
sent it back to the Senate.
Only the provision for appeal to
the circuit courts and Baltimore city
courts was left in the bill. The SEN
ate already had trimmed the volum-
inous McClayton Cimmission bill
from 48 to pages. and the House