Evening star., 1949-04-26
Entire NewCode
To Be Written
In Montgomery
Council May enoet
Public locol Lows
Under Chorser
y IeAa v Aesns,

A whole new ee~as q Brksaaa-
tive rreceSsErr Is ahs,sii s.e -
written IN Montgomery Cpusats.
where the County C1ounet, Ell
hold It's nrst taAklak Sess axxas
nexs nkGstA
CniQae TcwerA conferred ev
the Montgomery easAfiry ERr ths
council oppsos islnity Ia enter All
aneapiored ssld and = chance 10
set The pattern for iocAi lrx4sIa-
tive eocies not ealyAln MArSlass.
but in other States.
When the voters Of MontEosnery
adopted the charter form Of sav-
eminent, they Transferred 90 tae
council authority to enact puh.le
local laws. which previously ~as
held by the General Assembly,
To ci4scharge this DUTY The
council Is directed 10 establish
rules o! legislative procedure The
seven uTmoeFs are busy drafting
this code and, according 10
President Frederic P Les hope
to make II public st q meeting
next Tuesday
Legislative sessions oi the Cosln-
cll are limited 80 the month as
May, Hence, all local laws con.
sldered In lsSs wlil come Up ai
Rockville next month,
Among matters 10 be decided 10
how often the council shall meet
during the legislative month, on
what days and al what hours.
The machinery must provide for
The introduction of bills and pub
lie hearings on them
The charter requires the council
10 post u copy OF each bill intro
daced OIL an offie!ai bulletin board.
Other copies must be made avail
able 10 the public. The eills.
which sill bear date Of intTodue-
tion. cannot be passed for at
least 10 days, except by consent
II Ave eounc!imsn,
New Forms on Taxes,
Local laws providing for new
forms OF county vide or local taxes
or for nev departments IN the
county government. require ls-day
waiting periods,
One question the council must
answer is whether to permit hills
10 be introduced which lack the
Endorsement Of at least one eoun-
Gilman. A citizen or Q group de-
string a certain type Of local lesls-
iation may be unable 10 sind q
sponsor on the council. Should
tha Individual or group have o
way Of requiring the council 10
put 1t on the calendar
Some persons advocate the IN.
PRODUCTION OF such bills by re-
quest" Although the proposed
legislation may be doomed 10
rejection. It's introduction could
be used TO obtain a public hearing.
A major objection 10 this pro-
cedure has been advanced II
there should be many such biliA.
the calendar could become clog.
ged with proposals. having no
chance OF passage at a time
when the council Is pressed 10
act quickly on the entire pro-
gram.
Several Bills Proposed.
Several county organizations
have proposed bills for enactment
In May Other groups are meet
ing soon 10 make recommendA-
tions. Among these are the
Montgomery County League OF
Women Voters. the Silver Spring
Board of Trade. the Silver Spring
Hospital Association and the
Montgomery County Charter
Committee.
Subjects advanced for the May
session include authorization for
4 capital Improvement bond issue.
regulatory laws for dogk. legis-
lation for library and volunteer
FIRE department districts. . al
500 900 bond issue for the silver
Spring hospital. and = definition
Of the boundaries Of Silver Spring
for census taking purposes,