Evening star., 1945-03-30
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY
FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1915.
.A,4OO, Bond Issue
Is Final Major Bill
In Maryland House
Assembly's Adjournment
By Tonight Is indicated,
Boring Difficulties
BIZ the Associated Press.

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ANNAPOLIS. Mar. 30--Barring
unforeseen difficulties, the l945 ses-
sion of the Maryland General As
sembly is scheduled to end late to-
day or tonight-three days ahead
of the constitutional 90-day limit.
The House of Delegates had be-
fore it only one major piece of leg
islation the proposed $4,400, 600
State Roads Commission bond is
sue for a through route in Balti-
more City-while the Senate had
about 20 routine measures up for
final passage.
A showdown vote on the roads
measure was postponed at last
nights session when hackers of the
bill decided it would have no chance
if brought to a showdown then.
The bill, which opponents said
would lend support to proposals for
an east-west freeway through Bal
timore City, has been fought Bit
terly by many members of the Bal
timore delegation.
DASRO5C VI ot&ACt Da6LlLoos
Most of the other business of the
House was disposed of at afternoon
and night sessions while the Senate
was clearing out of its real pre-
adjournment crush.
Among the measures given final
Assembly approval in the Senate
were those to-:
Prohibit legal actions for aliena-
ton of affections and breach Of
promise: regulate and license bus
inesses or individuals engaged in
lending sums up to $4,000; empower
the Board of Regents of the Uni
lversity of Maryland to acquire land
for expansion purposes and to Gre
ate corporation under jurisdic-
ton of the university's board to
promote industrial research.
| The Senate upheld an unfavor-
able committee report on a House
bill which would have increased the
public assistance allowances for
paupers' funerals, and adopted a
resolution by Senator Marvel, Dem
ocrat, of Talbot, directing the Leg
islative Council to conduct thor
ough study of the existing laws re-
lating to funeral directors and en-
balmers.
Is Latest Repercussion.
This represented the latest in a
series of repercussions resulting IN
charges of lobbying made O
Senate floor earlier in the
against member of the $40
Board of Funeral Directors and
Embalmers.
| The Council also was instructed
by the resolution to study existing
policies and operations of the board"
to determine whether ''the adminis-
tration of the existing laws result in
monopolies in the business ="
A brief but sharp Senate floor fight
to defeat bill which would require
"a fve-year residence in Maryland
to establish eligibility for relief
failed and the upper house adopted
a favorable committee report on
the measure.
Among the bills passed by the
House and sent on to the Governor
for signature into law were those:
To authorize a State loan of s4,-
625. 900 for postwar construction
i projects under the direction of the
Board of Public Works: specifying
State building projects the Board of
Public Works shall consider, such as
airportS, schools and State hospi-
tails; authorizing a bond issue not
to exceed 100000 for construction
of new State Office building in
Baltimore City; setting up regula-
tions for construction of airports
under State Aviation Committee an-
proval. and boosting the annual SAL
ary of the Public Works Commits
sion chairman from $4,000 to $500,
The Legislature could have ad-
iourned during the early hours of
today had it. continued through the
night, but leaders of both houses
quashed any talk of sine die adjour-
ment in that manner, declaring that
it would be better to adjourn In
! "p0Od order -