Evening star., 1945-03-21
Gets
Supplemental
Budget Today
Bienniol Program
Expected to Reach
Nearly $llS, ,000, ,00(
BIZ the Associated Press.


ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 21.-The Gen.
eral Assembly was prepared today
to receive Gov O'Conor's supple.
mental budget for the next biennium,
which was expected to up the States
fiscal program for the two years by
about $5,000,00 to around $118,-
600, 900.
The biggest item on the list, the
Governor said, would be the more
than $4,000, 900 needed to finance the
administrations program for expan- ,
sion of the public schools system.
Meanwhile, the House and Senate
continued to set a pace that, if
maintained, will break all records in
the matters of bills introduced and
legislation given approval during one
session.
Seven of the 40 bills passed at
yesterdays session by. the House Of
Delegates incorporate major por-
tions of the education program.
They included those to raise tax
rates for school purposes. from 81
to 56 cents per 500 sof assessed
valuation in counties sharing In the
equalization plan" and to permit
institution of adult training courses.
Oyster Bill Pigeon-holed.
The lower House pigeon-holed q
bill which would have made an
eight-pint measuring cup legal
measure for gallon of shucked
oysters instead of the nine-piut cup
now legal.
One of the more important bills
passed by the upper House yester-
day was that which would clamp
State controls on building and loan
associations.
The bill, backed by the Senate
Finance Committee and advanced
successfully over violent objections
from the Judicial Proceedings Com
mittee, passed, 1912, with the mem.
bership Of the latter committee vot-
ing almost soidly against it.
The successful passage Of the
measure was the climax of an inter-
committee fight without precedent
in the memory of the oldest attaches
Of the General Assembly. The dis
pute grew out Of the introduction
OF the measure by Finance Com
mittee members, while the judicial
proceedings group had under con-
sideration one introduced earlier.
Relief Bill Stirs Battle.
While the debate over this meas
ure was going on in the Senate the
House Of Delegates was the scene
of another battle-over the bill to
bar direct relief to persons who have
been Maryland residents less than
five years.
The argument arose over a pro-
posed amendment to exempt those
discharged from the armed service
| "or those who find themselves In
need through causes beyond their
control" The amendment was de-
feated and the bill passed to final
passage stage as amended to ex-
empt war veterans and registered
voters
Under the building and loan asso-
Citations bill, the institutions would
be placed under supervision of the
State banking commissioner to
whom annual reports and audits
would be made.
The Senate also passed a racing
bill ratifying the State Racing Com
missions action last year in i'm
pounding one-half of per cent
OF the mutual take previously al
lowed the tracks for improvements
to their plants.
Housing Measure Passes.
Other bills passed by the Senate
in its short but busy session included
those to extend June, 1947, the time
in which any housing authority
could initiate development of de-
fense housing projects and to reduce
to IS the age of persons permitted
to drive school buses and other COM
mon carriers. These two were sent
to Gov. O'Conor for signature.
The Senate set something of q
record for speed when it passed q
total of 47 measures-most of them
local. while Senate President Lind
say was away from the rostrum for
six minutes getting relief from the
heat of the chamber.
Leaders in both houses said last
night that they were confident the
Legislature could wind up its busi-
ness and adjourn sine die by the
end of next week-at least two
days before the constitutional limit
Of 80 days, due to expire April 2.