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living on Federal land in Maryland,
which was controlled completely by
the Federal Government and was
tax-exempt, did not have the right
to vote. to become citizens of the
state or to get free education.
| About 20 children are affected at
present, but the consequences are
much more serious than that, Dis
trict officials indicated.
The county policy may force re-
consideration of the Districts long
range plans to build a Childrens
Center at Laurel on the 800 acres OF
the District Training School. The
Welfare Department has $1,000
appropriation for preliminary plan
ming this year. The proposal calls
/ for concentration of all municipal
facilities dealing with children In
Laurel, with the exception OF the
Receiving Home which would re
main in Washington to serve the
police and the courts.
Hard to Find Personnel.
And. Walter L. Fowler, District
Budget Officer, said it has been
hard in the past to find doctors and
other personnel for the institutions.
This difficulty will be Increased
enormously because of the lack OF
free schooling, he added.
/ The sanatorium, which treats tu-
berculosis pati .nts, is about eight
miles from l.e District.
The Dissrict Training School, for
feeble-minded children. is just out
side Laurel but actually is located
in Anne Arundel County. Most OF
the dozen children of staff men,
bers there have been transferred to
schools in Odenton in Anne Arundel
County where they go tuition free.
The distance is about eight miles
further for elementary pupils and
high school pupils will have to travel
l6 miles to Glen Burnie.
Cites Federal Act.
The fact that the District en-
ployes pay Maryland income taxes
has nothing to do with the case.
MI. Hammond ruled. He pointed
out that a Congressional act pro-
vided that persons living on tax
exempt Federal property in State
still has to pay State income taxes
Commissioner Guy Mason agreed
that Mr.. Hammond is legally right.
/ I'm negotiating with Gov. Lane
and Prince Georges County officials
now" Mr.. Mason said. That's the
only way we will be able to get any
relief for the District people out
/ thereby agreement"
/ The District has not run into the
same problem in other counties
where it has property, Mr. Mason
said.
Enrolment Drops.
When the District schools started
charging all nonresidents tuition
fees in September, the out-of-toWn
enrolment dropped to about 1.6OO.
In 1947 it had been more than
1000.
Last year Prince Georges had lis
noncounty pupils in its schools. The
office of G. Gardner Shugart, county
school superintendent. reported this
had risen to 241 this fall in spite
of the tuition.
This figure includes six from
Glenn Dale and five from the
District Training School,
The others come from Federal
installations in the county which
also have been hit by the ruling.
They include the Agricultural Ex-
perimental Station at Beltsville,
the Naval Radio Station at Chelt-
enham, Fort Meade, Andrews Field
and Suitland Hall.
Contributes Funds.
Mr.. Shugart's Office said the Pa
tuxent Wild Life Refuge contri-
buted funds to the school system
and was exempt. Arrangements were
being made by all the other Federal
, functions to provide the tuition in
: part or in whole for their employees,
his Office said
Also included in the 24l are 81
children who have been placed in
foster homes by the District We'll
fare Department. They are paid fol-
at the rate of $40 year for high
.