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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-08-03
CHAPTER al

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with
amendments, sub-sections (cl and le)
of Section 256A of Article, SO of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (194S
Supplement), title "Testamentary
Law, subtitle orphans Court, to
authorize the granting Of original
letters of administration or Of guard
ianship where the executor or guar
dian named in the will is engaged in
war or related services as If such ex-
ecutor or guardian had not been 80
designated.
Section /. Be It enacted by the Gen.
eraI Assembly of Maryland, That sub
sections (c) and (e) of Section 2o6A
Of Article 90 Of the Annotated Code of
Maryland Q943 Supplement-, title TIES
tamentary Law, subtitle Orphans
Court, be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:
(c) Whenever a fduciary, as herein
defined, is engaged in war service as
also herein defined, such fduciary, OF
any CO. fiduciary or his surety or sure
ties or other person having an interest
In the administration Of the decedents
or wards estate, including creditor or
the Register of Wills, may present a
petition to the Orphans Court grant
ing letters of such tiduciary, or to the
Orphans Court to which application for
letters would be made If none have yet
been granted, praying for the passage
of an order revoking the letters and.
where necessary, granting letters to q
successor, or praying for an original
grant of letters as the case may be. In
addition to the name of the dduciary
engaged in war service, the petition
shall state the nature of the petitioners
interest in the premises, the approx
mate value of the estate and the names
and addresses of any co-fiduciary or al
ternates, so far as known to the Pc
titioner. The petition shall be sworn
to by the petitioner and, il filed by q
person other than the fduciary engaged
In war service, shall, in addition, be
supported by the affidavit Of such idu-
ciary, or by the affidavit of some other
competent person certifying to the be-
lief that such fiduciary is engaged In
such war service or that since entering
such service he has been reported or Il
believed to be missing.
(e) Upon presentation Of the petition
the court shall have jurisdiction, ene
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-08-03
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS



AN ACT to add 3 new Sections to Ar.
ticle 9855 of the Annotated Code OF
Maryland, title Veterans, (said Ar
ticle having been added by the Gen.
eral Assembly Of Maryland Of 1945l,
said new Sections to follow im nIa;sia
and to be known as Sections 4S, a
and As, and to provide that official
findings, records, reports or certified
copies thereof Of death, presumed
death, missing or other status issued
BY aS nd ssts ea sS. # sgsq seevea
fses sha ana % SsE q Sase II s his SS sse
Section l. Be 1t enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly Of Maryland, That new
Sections be added to Article 081a OF the
Annotated Code, of Maryland, title
Section ~ Of said Article, and to be
known as Sections 43, A and As said
new Sections to read as follows:
43. A written finding Of presumed
death made by the Secretary OF War,
the Secretary, of the Navy or other
authorized by the Federal law to make
such finding or duly certified copy Of
such finding shall be received In any
court, Office or other place in this
State as evidence of the death Of the
person therein disclosed to be dead and
his death or disappearance.
"A. An official written report or
record or duly certified copy thereof
that q person is missing, missing In ac-
ton, interned in a neutral country or
Is beleaguered, besieged or captured by
an enemy or is dead or is alive, made
by any of the persons referred to In
Section 43 of this Act shall be received
in any court, Office or other place In
this State as evidence that such person
10 missing, missing in action, informed
in neutral country or beleaguered, be-
sieged, captured by an enemy or 10
dead or is alive as the case may be.
As. For the purpose Of Section 43 and
Section A of this Act any finding, re-
port or record, or duly certified copy
thereof, purporting to have been signed
by such an officer or employee of the
United States as is described in said
sections, shall prima facie be deemed to
have been signed and issued by such an
the person signing same shall prima
facie be deemed to have acted within
the scope of his authority If copy
purports to have been certified by q
person authorized by law to certify the
same, such certified copy shall be prima
facie evidence of his authority so to
certify.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That this Act Is hereby declared to be
an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation Of the public
upon yea and nay vote, supported by
three ffths Of all the members elected
to each of the two houses of the Gen.
eral Assembly, the same shall take ef.
feet from the date Of its passage.
Approved: February %, 1915.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-08-03
CHAPTER ea4

AN ACT to add q new section to Ar
ticle 965A of the Annotated Code Of
Maryland. title Veterans. tsaid Ar
eral Assembly of Maryland of 1875,
said new section to follow immedi-
ately after Section Al of said article,
and to be known as Section AZ, and
to provide that 1t shall be unlawful
military or other official uniforms, de-
fining such uniforms and providing Q
penalty for violation of this Act.
Section /. Be 1t enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly of Maryland, That new
Section be added to Article 961a of the
Suppl, title Veterans, to follow i'm
mediately after Section II of said Ar
ticle, and to be known as Section AZ,
said new Section to read as follows:
AZ. Any person who, without author
ity under the laws of the United States
a distinctive part thereof or uniform
or part thereof similar to the uniform
of the State Guard, National Guard or
Naval Militia of this State or of an
other State or of the United States, or
of the United States Army, Navy, Ma
rine Corps, Coast Guard, or any aux
Hilary of any Of these shall be guilty OF
a misdemeanor and punishable by fine
of not less than one hundred dollars
5000 nor more than five hundred dol
lars ($5OO) or by Imprisonment Tor not
more than sixty (60) days or by both
fine and Imprisonment.
As used in this Section the terms
uniform" or part" or distinctive
part" of a uniform shall not include
such articles of wearing apparel as
shoes, socks, shirts, ties or scarfs, and
shall not include trousers, ,overalls,
overcoats, rain coats, field Jackets and
headgear from which the service but
tons, insignia and other distinctive
markings have been removed.
Sec. 2. And be It further enacted,
an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation Of the pub
lie health and safety, and being passed
upon by q yea and nay vote, supported
by three-ffths of all the members
elected to each Of the two houses Of the
General Assembly, the same shall take
effect from the date Of its passage.
Approved: March 16, 1915.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-08-03
COLUMN B COLUMN C


However, if the basic weekly allow
ance, except for dependents, under the
''Servicemen's Reimbursement Act of
1944', as amended, is less than $500,
then the maximum weekly benefit
amount under this schedule shall con-
form Herewith.
This provision shall not disqualify
any individual who had previously been
found eligible to receive benefits dur
ing the benefit year in which this Sec
ton becomes operative.
3. (c) Duration Of Benefits.
Amy otherwise eligible individual
shall be entitled during any benefit
year to a. total amount of benefits equal
to whichever is the lesser Of ~ twenty
six times his weekly benefit amount,
and (2) one-fourth of the wages paid
to him during his base period for in
sured work; provided that such total
amount of benefits, If not a multiple Of
$1.00, shall be computed to the next
higher multiple of $1.00.
BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY
CONDITIONS
4. (c) He is able to work, and 10
available for work; provided no claim
ant shall be considered ineligible in any
week of unemployment for failure to
comply with the provisions of this sub
section If such failure is due to an ILL.,
ness or disability which occurs after he
has registered for work and no work
which would have been considered suit
able at the time of his initial registra-
tion has been offered after the begin
ming of such Illness or disability.
4. I'D No week shall be counted as q
week of unemployment for the purposes
of this subsection:
~ Unless it occurs within the bene-
fit year which includes the week with
respect to which he Claims payment Of
benefits.
(2) If benefits have been paid with
respect thereto;
49, Unless the individual was eligible
for benefits with respect thereto as pro-
except for the requirements of this sub
section and of subsection le) Of this
Section and of sub-sections (e) and ~
of Section 5.
CONTRIBUTIONS
Z. (c) go No employers rate shall
be varied from 27 per cent for any
fiscal year unless and until his expert
with benefits throughout the 36-consecu-
tive-calendar- month period ending on
the computation date (as defined In
subsection (c) az of this Section), and
unless and until each Of his annual pay
rolls, as defined herein, during the four
calendar years Immediately preceding
the computation date for that fiscal year
equals or exceeds $4,000.
No employers rate shall be less than
81 per cent for any fiscal year II his
mediately preceding such fiscal year ex-
ceeded $50 per cent of his total payroll
in the calendar year 1910. In the
event any employer did not report a pay
roll for the year 1910, the pay roll for
the first calendar year thereafter re-
ported shall be substituted for the year
1910. This paragraph shall not apply
to employers with pay rolls of $4,000
90 or less in the calendar year immedi-
ately preceding such fiscal year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-08-03
CHAPTER IL

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact. with
amendments, Sections ~, (2) and
Z (21) Of Article 81 of the Annotated
Code Of Maryland (1g4S Supplementl,
''What Shall Be Taxed and Where,
to provide for the assessment and tax
alton of property owned or leased by
the United States, or any agency
thereof, to the extent legally per-
mitted.
Section 1. Be It enacted by the Gem
eral Assembly of Maryland, That Sec
lions a., (2) and z (21) of Article
81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1943 SUPPLEMENT-, title Revenue and
Taxes, subtitle what Shall Be Taxed
and Where, be and tile same are here
by repealed and re-enacted, with amend
ments, to read as follows:
9. az All real properties in this
State, by whomsOever owned, including
that owned or leased by the United
States, or any department or agency OF
the United States, to the fullest extent
United States and laws Of the United
States pursuant thereto and in con-
formity Herewith, in the county and/Or
city in which the same are situated.
6..(2) All tangible personal proper
ties located in this State, by whomso-
leased by the United States, or any de-
partment or agency Of the United
States. to the fullest extent possible
under the Constitution Of the United
States and laws of the United States
pursuant thereto and In conformity
Herewith, in the county and/or city in
which the same are respectively perma-
nently located provided that tangible
personal property located in this State,
and not permanently located in any
county or city shall, except as provided
in paragraph (5), be subject to taxa
tion in fhe countv and/O CITY I'm which
the owner resides.
z. (21) Any property exempted from
taxation by this State by the Constitu-
tion Of the United States or by any Act
of Congress passed pursuant to and in
conformity with the Constitution Of the
United States, only to the extent that
such exemption is SO required and NO
further.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That any and all public general laws
parts thereof inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this Act are hereby repealed
to the extent Of any such Inconsistency.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
That should any section, or part of Sec
tion Of this Act be held invalid for any
reason, such holding shall not be con-
strued as affecting the validity of any
remaining section or part of a section,
1t being the Legislative intent that the
remainder of this Act shall stand. not
withstanding the invalidity of such sec
tion or part of a section.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted,
That this Act is hereby declared to be
m emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation Of the public
health and safety, and being passed by
fifths of all the members elected to each
of the two Houses of the General As
sembly, the same shall take effect from
the date Of its passage.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-08-03
The following
PUBLIC
GENERAL LAWS
enacted by the
i 1945
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF MARYLAND
have been selected for publication
BY the Governor and Attorney Gem
eral of the State, as provided by
Article rs of the Public General
Laws Of Maryland.
CHAPTER 8

AN ACT to add a new section to Article
90 Of the Annotated Code of Mary
land G943 Supplement-, title United
tention Of Jurisdiction by the State,
said new section to be known as Sec
tion ~ and to follow Immediately
after Section Al of said Article. au-
thorizing the State Of Maryland and
/ political subdivisions and agencies
thereof to take any necessary action
money that may he made available for
reimbursing the State or political sub
! divisions or agencies thereof for taxes
or other charges lost by reason Of the
United States or its agencies acquir-
ing title to property In Maryland.
eral Assembly of Maryland. That new
section be and It is hereby added to
Article 90 Of the Annotated Code Of
Maryland (1943 SUPPLEMENT-, title
Omitted States, subtitle Retention Of
Jurisdiction by the State, said new
follow Immediately after Section Al Of
said Article and to read as follows:
AZ. Notwithstanding anything con-
tanned in any section or sections OF this
Article or Of any other Article Of the
Code of Public General Laws to the
contrary, the. State Of Maryland and
every political sub division thereof and
all agencies or taxing units thereof. are
hereby authorized and empowered to
take any and all action that may be
necessary or proper to receive and col.
lect from the United States any and all
money that may be made available by
the United States to reimburse the State
of Maryland or any political sub divfs-
ion thereof, or any agency or taxing
unit thereof, for any and all taxes or
other charges which may have been lost
by reason Of the United States or any
department. corporation or agency
thereof having acquired in any way any
title to any property, real, personal or
mixed, located in the State Of Maryland.
Sec. O. And be 1t further enacted.
That any and all public general laws
or public local laws or any part or
parts thereof Inconsistent with the pro.
visions of this Act are hereby repealed
to the extent Of such inconsistency.
, Sec s. And be 1t further enacted,
That this Act Is hereby declared to be
an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation Of the public
health and safety, and being passed by
a yea and nay vote, supported by three
fifths of all the members elected to each
of the two Houses Of the General As
sembly, the same shall take effect from
the date of it's passage.
Approved: January 20, 1915.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-08-03
CHAPTER $40

AN ACT to add new Article to the
Annotated Code of Maryland, said new
to be titled veterans, and to follow
Immediately after Article 96 Of said
Code, defining Second World War
Veterans, and providing that laws APP
plying to Veterans of the First World
War shall also apply to Second World
War Veterans.
Section l. Be It enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That a new
Article be, and 1t is hereby added to
the Annotated Code OF Maryland, said
new Article to be known as Article 901a.
DO be titled Veterans, to follow i'm
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-08-03

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with
amendments, subsection (b) % Of
Section 3 Of Article GOA Of the Ammo
tated Code of Maryland (1943 Suppl,
sub title benefits, sub heading
weekly Benefit Amount, so as to
increase the benefits payable; to re-
peal and re-enact, with amendments,
subsection (c) Of Section Of said
Article, subtitle Benefits, sub
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-05-11
Events In Brief....

Miss Geraldine Condit. daueh.
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Con-
dit Of Browning, has been elected
editor of the 1856 Hea Kan,
year book of Jamestown College
at Jamestown, N. D., according
to news Of that institution.
New rayon dresses, lovely for
your Mothers Day gift. Economy
Shoy.
Peter Oscar, aged Blackfeet,
went to Tacoma last Saturday
for care at the Tacoma Hospital,
He was accompanied by Leo Ken
nerly. who was assigned by the
Tribal Council to have care of
Oscar during the trip there.
For sale-electric cabinet radi.
os and battery radios at Gamble
Store at Cut Bank.
Sgt. Albert Racine. who began
bis trip back to his outfit in Italy
last week, is neck. deep in army
red tape because of a recent. or.
der stopping eastbouod transpor.
tation Of soldiers under his sta.
tus. As it is he is back in Brown.
ing after a trip to Billings, with
a late order to report to Fl. Doug.
las. Utah. And from then on, the
Lord and war department only
/ knows.
For Sales tube table mode
radio at Cresap Electric Shop
! Mrs. W. Creviston.
Girls coats, B to ID. Economy
Shop.
Pvt. Charles LaMear, who is un
der disqualification at FIT, George
Wright Hospital at Spokane, il
home on a 81 days visit with biz
mother. In the South Pacific fol
80 months, Pvt. LaMear suffered
an illness that required returning
to the United States for hospital
zation.
Ladies jackets. sizes IL to 20
$4.98. Economy Shop.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-05-11
Seaman Guardipee Visits
Father on Puget Sound

Melvin Guardipee. S &c, son
of Eli Guardipee. writes to a 10.
cal friends asking to be remem.
bered to others of the eommuni.
ty.
Having recently arrived in the
states from duty in the Pacific,
he has been visiting his father,
who is employed in q war indus.
tries plant on Puget Sound
Washington a n d is remaining
there until reassienment.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-05-11
Shell Couple Quit The Armed
Forces And Are Here On Visit

Leslie Smell. petty officer SC,
aud his wife. Pfc. (Wac) Alice
Smell. arrived Wednesday. both
having been honorabiy discharg.
ed from the service. Mr.. Smell
was recently given a medical dis
charge at the naval hospital at
Seattle. They plan to be here for
several weeks. with plans beyond
that undetermined.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-05-11
Spring District Meeting
OF Legion Here Yesterday

The spring district meeting of
the American Legion was held at
the Agency barracks yesterday.
With curtailment of traffic and
various retrenchment 10 behalf
Of the war effort, the American
Legion is acting accordingly and
at its local meeting as with dis
trict and department meetings
throughout the country is con.
fining activities to that of bust
ness.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-05-11
Little Girl Born

A daughter was born to the
Rev. and Mrs. Stephen H. Smith
at the Cut Bank Hospital yerter.
day at 5:l5 .. m. Mother and
babe are reported doing nicely.
Description Of ne w-comer-
weight eight pounds, black hair,
dark eyes, with various excellent
qualities of father. Her name is
Miss Margaret Ellen.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-05-11
Methodist Church


Faith of Our Mothers" will
be the Mothers Day sermon of
Rev. Stephen H. Smith. Services
will be held at Browning at ILLS
a. m, at Glacier Park at 100 o.
M. and at Babb at 4:30 p. m.
A special service was held on
the evening before We Day with
Rev. Raymond Bache and Rev.
Smith cooperating in a joint SER
vice. The church was filled with
people quietly offering up pray
ers in thankfulness for the end of
hostilities in Europe.
The Toy and Book Loan con-
tinues to serve the youngsters of
the community from Scotty's
Wholesale Office. The loan is open
on Fridays from II to l and from
3 to 6. Rev. Smith announced
that many excellent adult books
have been received. The loan is
free and open to everyone in the
community.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-05-11
Announcement

Having reopened my barber shop
in former quarters in the Yegen
Hotel, I wish to express my pleas
ure at being back to resume bus
mess. shall appreciate the same
fine relations as of the past, obvi-
ously approaching the patronage
of my old patrons as well as new
ones.
Charles Coulter
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-10-29
Draga klepetavost

Podadmiral Chester Lock-
wood :je v soboto v Clevelandu
izjavil, da je klepavost civili-
stow, XII so Sc po obisku ma pa
cificni obali bahali, da japonske
podmorske bombe MISC dovolj
mocne, povzrocila izgubo mai
mani 10 ameriskih podmornic.
Japonci so namrec potom tai
nih agentov to zvedei in .pozne-
je. povecali ucinkovitost takih
bomb. Posadka vsake podmor-
nice steje 20 MOI in 8 castni-
kov, terej 100 moz je izgubilo
zivljenje vsled lahkomiselnosti
ljudi, XII MISC znali kontrolirati
svojih jezikov.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-10-29

Milwaukee. - Dne 6. oktobra
je umrla Gasena Kolentz, stara
Sc let. Zapustila je moza, dive
hceri, tri brate in vee drugih So
rodnikov. - Dale je umrla Ka-
tarina Berkanovic, stara rs let.
Zapusca moza, pet hcera, pet 81
nov, % vnukov in 8 pravnukov.
- Porocili so Sc: Cyril A. Ku-
kuvich in Mildred A. Brounk,
Peter Garcia in Leona Mozetic,
Frank Ferjan in Sophie Moze,
Clarence E. Enell in Dorothy
M. Eager, Peter Gregorich in
Edna Larson. - Vile rojenice
so pustile sincka pri druzinah
Michael Babich in Henry Ra-
daj, hcerke pa pri druzinah Da-
MEL L. Turk, Anthony A. Sku-
bic in Frank A. sPrasnikar. -
Prosnjo "a drzavljanstvo so vlo-
zili: Albert Petelinsek, Adela
Kopriva, Frank Slavich in John
Raibolt. - Ma 30-dnevni dopust
je prisel cd mornarice Chief
Warrant Officer John Pauc, sin
druzine John Pauc. Pri NORMA
rici je ze cez 18 let in je prisel
z Okinawe. - Ma kratek dopust
pred odpustom il armade je pri-
sci domov Frank Zemlan.
Warren, O. - Srcni kapi je
po enodnevni bolezni podlegel
Anton sajn, star 66 let in donna
IL Knezaka po domace Ma
tucev. Zapusca zeno, tri sinove
(vsi v armadi) in vec drugih So
rodnikov.
Burgettstown, Pa. - Pc dolgi
bolezni je tukaj umrl John. Pi-
rib, star 81 let, donna IL Sent.
viske gore pri Tolminu ma Pri-
morskem. v Ameriki je bill cd
leta 1907 in Clan SNIP in ABB
Zapusca zeno, tri sinove in sti.
ri hcere. Bill je naprednega mis-.
ljenja.
Palisade, Colo. Il armade
je bill castno odpuscen Matthew
]. Debelock, ki je sluxil pri le.
talcih ID je bill Y akciji Airom
|vse Europe in Severne Afrike
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-10-29
General Motors Co.
predlaga kompromis

Il Detroita Sc poroca, da je
General Motors Co. poslala CIO
uniji avtomobilskih delavcev
predlog, da Sc pridruzi kompa-
niji v apelu ma kongres, da Sc
obstojeci zakon, XII regulira de-
lovne ure in mezde, spremeni v
toliko, da hi Sc obstojeci delovni
teden 40 ur nadomestil 45-
urnim delovnim tednom, nakar
bi kompanija zvisala mezde "a
6 procentov.
Kompanija pravi, da maj bi
bila TAXA kompromisna uredba
,veljavna samo tekom ''prehodne
dobe", in trdi dale, da bi delav-
ci sprejemom predloga As ur
della zasluzili ravno toliko kot
zasluzijo sedaj "a enako stevilo
ur, ko sc Jim mora placati cas-
in pol "a delo mad 40 ur.
Ma podlagi tega predloga bi
Sc plaealo cas- in pol samo "a
delovni cas- preko 45 ma teden.
Unija, XII je ze pripravila svo.
je argumente "a 30-procentno
mezdno zvisanje in zavrsila
stavokvno glasovanje v svrhc
predlozitve vladnemu delavske.
mu odboru, nj glede kompro.
misnega predloga podala se nj
kake izjave.