Evening star., 1945-01-17
Maryland Law
ChangesStudied
At Annapolis
e0-Doy Assembly
Sessions Sought;
O'Conor Drofts Budget
BY the Associated Press.

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Jan. 17.-Gov.
O'Conor worked today on the budget
message he is expected to give to
joint session of the Maryland Gen.
eral Assembly tomorrow or Friday
when he presents his proposed
1867 biennium budget.
The Senate Judicial Proceedings
Committee was expected to con-
slider today two proposed consti-
tutional amendments which would
make mandatory full 90-day legis-
lative session every two years and
would ban introduction of new bills
during the last 10 days of session.
A Judicial Proceedings Subcom-
mittee yesterday approved the two
proposals by unanimous vote.
Present law stipulates that no
regular session may last more than
80 days, but there is no provision
against shorter session. Under
the present statute, bills may be
introduced during the last 10 days
of a session if rules are suspended.
Work on Home Rule"
Another Judicial Proceedings
Subcommittee started work on the
'home rule" legislation. First
hearings on home rule" will be held
January Is, with county commits
sioners expected to attend.
Senator L. Harold Sothoron,
Prince Georges, declared that some
provision should be made in the
bill to prevent Prince Georges and
Montgomery County municipalities
from passing laws contrary to regu-
lations of the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission and re-
lated groups which have jurisdic-
tion over the Metropolitan Area of
the District.
Yesterdays House and Senate
sessions we're routine. The House
raised its number of bills passed
to Al by approving 81 and prepared
several others for final passage. The
Senate received 81 bills, including
20 previously passed by the House. |
Among the bills approved yester-
day by the House were those which |
would make uniform provisions for
Imprisonment in default of fines,
permit clerks of court to admin |
lister oaths to special policemen and
empower the Standard Salary Board |
to fix wage rates for special CLASH
flcations of State employees
Ticket Scalping Opposed.
Bills aimed at eliminating the
"scalping" of tickets to athletic |
events and other shows, Tightening
regulations governing carrying of |
firearms and reducing the voting
age to 18 were among those intro
duced in the lower chamber.
Most of the new bills received
IN the Senate were local or minor
repealers.
The measure which would reduce |
the voting age from 81 to IS was
sponsored by Delegates John T.
Booth, Bertram Lee Boone and Al
bert L. Sklar, all of Baltimore.
The pistol bill would provide for
an additional term in prison of up
to i've years for first offenders con-
yicted of crime of violence while !
IN possession of a pistol, in addition |
to the sentence for the specific |
offense.
Saloon Free Lunches Banned.
The House also approved a bill
which would prohibit free lunches
in saloons by barring sellers of alco-
hohc beverages from giving away
food.
Several of the measures were de-
signed to tighten control over and
to obtain more information on
liquor license applications.
Another bill would eliminate the
provision for payment of tuition
fees at State teachers colleges for
Maryland students who obligate
themselves to teach in the State.
Still another provided that the
Department of Motor Vehicles NAV.
with the approval of the Governor.
adopt a permanent registration sys-
TEN and design and adopt perma-
nent registration plates in such form
as to make effective c,,ob a e,,r+o,,.