Evening star., 1949-03-19
Crowd Expected
For Schoo|.Aid
Hearing Monday
Maryland Assembly
Committees to Study
Construction Plan
By }. B. Zotmon
Sfar Stoff Correspondent

CAPCCIcO w CIOWQ Gll6 oGdCe nous
Monday to attend a hearing O.
three bills to give more State al
70 counties for school construction
I The hearing will be held at
pm. before the Senate Financ
and House Ways and Means Com
InitteeS.
5 The measures call for a quad
rupling of the incentive fund fo
schools, a $4,000, 600 bond issu
to help counties which hav
reached the limit of their borrow
ing capacity and diversion of pro
ceeds of the 2 per cent moto
vehicle fitting tax to general fund
for school construction purposes
Lanes Stand Unknown.
Support of the bills has beel
voted by the Republican Steering
Committee, according to Senate
James B. Monroe, Charles County
committee chairman.
While decisions of the steerins
group are not as binding on part.
members as those of a caucus
Senator Monroe said they carr!
considerable weight.
Other members of the commit
tee include Mrs. Leona M. Rush
Montgomery County.
Sponsors of the bill to quad.
ruple the incentive fund have es.
timated it would raise the State.
annual contribution for schoo
building from $1,276,141 to S..
104,564.
Montgomery Hearing Tuesday.
Another hearing expected tx
attract considerable interest vii
be held at II am. Tuesday be.
fore the Senate Judiciary Com.
mittee on a bill calling for ap.
pointment of Montgomery County
Liquor Board members by thu
County Council, instead of by tht
Governor.
Meanwhile. in an effort to speed
up legislative action. House Ma.
jority Leader Leroy Humphrey
announced the General Assembly
would meet at 2 pm. Monday, in.
stead of 8 pm. and that night
sessions would be held Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday.
At the same time Speaker c
Ferdinand Sybert reminded the
Delegates that next Friday is the
dead line for introduction of bills
except under a suspension of the
rules approved by two-thirds o1
the members.
In another legislative develop.
ment a subcommittee of the House
Education Committee was ppoint.
ed to investigate budget practice.
and the general operation of the
University of Maryland.
The action was taken in accord.
ance with a resolution passed by
the House last week. Subcommit.
tee members included Perry o
Wilkinson and T. Raymond Burch
Democrats, Prince Georges. anc
Mrs. Rush. Mr.. Wilkinson is ex.
pected to head the group.
Routine Session Held.
Both the House and Senate held
routine sessions before adjourning
for the week end.
Among bills receiving House ap-
proval was one to prohibit the sale
of any toy or article of furniture
covered with paint which would
inujure infants, unless the articles
are specifically labeled.
Another bill would prohibit the
use of haul seines in the Potomac
River during January. February
and March of each year, provided
the Virginia General Assembly
passes a similar law.
The Senate passed a bill spon-
sored by Senator Roy Tasco Davis
Republican, of Montgomery Coun-
ty, to prohibit hunting on private
property unless written permission
is obtained from the owner.
Defeated was a bill to create q
nine member Maryland Youth
Commission to investigate the
needs of youth in employment
relief, health, education and crime
prevention.
Library Bills Offered.
In the House, Montgomery Del
egate Dewitt S. Hyde, Republican
introduced three bills to authorize
the Bethesda Public Library AS
sociation to sell or lease its books
to the Montgomery County Library
Association, if, and when the lat
ter is set up, for use in the Be.
thesda area, give special taxing
areas in the county the option OF
joining the county library system
and permit Library Association
and liquor control board employees
to join the State pension system
Three other bills introduced by
the Montgomery delegation would
eliminate a law requiring county
circuit court judges to assign sub.
stitute magistrates. exempt Tako-
ma Park from provisions of the
Montgomery and Prince Georges
County codes relating to build.
ing permits, electrical work ane
dog licenses, and enlarge the area
served by the Gaithersburgi
Washington Grove volunteer fire
department.
The Prince Georges Count!
delegation sponsored a bill to per
NIT country clubs in the count.
which have liquor licenses to sci
liquor on Sundays to their mem
bers.
Chairman Melnicove of tn
House Judiciary Committee intro
duced a bill to add employees O
radio or television stations to
Maryland law which says news
papermen do not have to disclos'
the source of a published story.
Before the Legislature adjourned
Tor the week end the Senat'
unanimously approved its Financ'
Committee report on the keyston'
Dill of Gov. Lanes program to re
organize the State mental hospita
selma measure to place tn,