Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-27
House
Passes Budget
In 80 Seconds
Minor Amendments
Planned for Bill
Now Before Senate
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
s ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 81. - Gov
O'Conor's $119,000,000 budget fol-
Z 1946-47, biggest in State history
bore House approval today ano
quick action on the budget bill was
expected in the Senate.
Presented originally in January
: and requesting $112,733, 900, the
: measure was amended last week
when the supplementary budget was
introduced calling for $6,188, 000
more.
The SLOT $4,000 budget for 1914
As was the previous all-time high.
The bill went through the House
unanimously, without debate, in
about 30 seconds.
Chairman Funk of the Senate
Finance Committee, however, said
several minor amendments awaited
1t in the Senate, one to reduce the
State Police Department appropria-
ton of approximately S2,l27 900 to
s2087 900.
Salary Raised.
He said the $4,000 reduction was
planned because the Finance Com
mittee recently voted to hold a
projected increase in the number of
State patrolmen to so. The Gov
ernor had asked for 100.
The budget bill was the only meas
IRE passed at the brief afternoon
session in the House, while the Sem
ate sped through IA, most of which
were minor or of local nature.
The Senate passed unanimously a
House.approved bill to add six new
members to the Legislative Council,
which now has IA, and to provide a
full-time assistant for DR.. Horace E.
Flack, director of the Bureau of
Legislative Reference.
The assistants salary would be
$4,000 year and the measure also
would raise DR.. Flack's salary from
$1,000 to $1,000.
Teachers Lured Away.
The Senate also passed House-ap-
proved bills to recodify completely
the States election laws, and to ex-
enlpt the University of Maryland,
the State teachers colleges and Nor
gan State College from merit system
provisions of the State Employees
Standard Salaries Board.
State education officials reported
that other States were Turing away
Maryland professors and other edu-
Gators with higher salaries and that
the university and teachers colleges
couldn't match the inducements
because of merit system restrictions.
Other House measures approved
by the Senate we're those which
would:
Make it compulsory to designate
eggs for sale as either extra large,
large, medium, small or unclassified.
Help carry out the Governors five
point education program, providing
for teacher salary increases, reduc-
ing classroom units and equalizing
Negro school supervisors salaries
Jurisdiction Revised.
Give returning war veterans pref
erence in obtaining State, city or
county jobs under the merit sys-
tenn.
Revise the Jurisdiction of trial
magistrates in certain counties.
Authorize county boards of edu-
cation to institute day and evening
classes for adults.
The Senate amended measure
to put county jails under control of
the State Department of Correction,
to reduce the departments powers
to inspection, reports and recon-
mendations for improvements to
county commissioners.
Another new provision would en-
power the Board of Public Works
to contribute one-quarter to the
cost of physical improvements rec
commended by the Department Of
Correction.
Court Bill Back in House.
An amended judicial pay bill with
smaller proposed increases was back
in the House today after a tough
career in the Senate, which passed
the new version, 1911. The bill
had narrowly missed pigeon-holing
last week only to be reported I'M
faVorably by the Senate Finance
Committee
Senate President Lindsay led the
three hour fight for the measure.
Under the bill as amended the
salary of the new chief judge of the
Court of Appeals would be $14,500,
associate. judges of the Appellate
Court, $13,500; Circuit Court judges
and members of the Baltimore City
Supreme bench, $500. Some addi-
tional funds would be supplied by
the counties to circuit bench men,