Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-05
Assembly Ends.
After Passinq
Lane Bills
Close of Session
Is Marked by
Unusual Calm
By J. L. MiehoeI
Stof StoH Correspondent

ANNAPOLIS, April 5.-Mary.
lands weary assemblymen ar,
back home today after the legis.
lative session ended yesterday Ii
an atmosphere of Unprecedented
calm.
The Senate adjourned shortl,
after SPIN. The House soon fol.
lowed suit.
There were no showers of tori
paper as in previous years, nj
rushing UP and down the aisle.
and no excited voice or gesture
The galleries, too, were quiet
Only few witnessed the end Of
the 90-day meeting in which Gov
Lane had all his administration
bills enacted.
Only 10 months will intervene
before the Assembly convene.
again next February for its short
term. The next session will last
80 days.
This is provided for in new
legislation which orders one.
month meetings in even numbered
years and full 90-day sessions ir
the odd years.
Amendment Beaten.
The House closed, its delibera-
tons in perfunctory fashion, but
In the Senate lost" amendment
caused furry which held ur
adjournment for a half hour
The amendment, in a surprise
move by Minority Leader Robert
Kimble, was tackled to bill rails
ing the salaries of Public Service
Commission members. It would
have required that PSC members
be confirmed by the Senate, but
was quickly eliminated when the
bill reached the House.
Through what President Byrnes
called an error" the notation
"amended" was not on the meas
ure When 1t came back to the
upper chamber for final action.
When the omission was discov-
cred the bill was in the Governor s
office ready for signature.
The Senate ordered it back ano
after brief debate concurred in the
House action and gave the bill
final approval.
A few other snakes" were
flushed out in the closing hours
Through some legislative mystery
a Calvert County school bond bill,
became a measure authorizing
referenda on slot machines ir
Oceans CITY and Other games Of
chAncd 10 sthe rest Of Worcester
County zsis
Filibuster Threatened.
Senator Goldstein, Democrat
Calvert, sponsor of The school
measure. threatened III
filibuster but was soot146d HS1ios,
at once when he learned the bill
had administration backing.
Perhaps" he observed. "this
thing can be Strengthened out.
1t was and is now on the Gov
ernor's desk.
Changes Are Assailed.
The last-minute rewrite.
brought blast of condemnation
from Senator Harry T. Phoebus
Republican, Somerset County
"Such maneuvering. he declared
makes action so difficult that
think the legislative council
should look into the matter with
O view to revision Of the rules.
He followed the speech with &
resolution to that effect which
was adopted.
Gov. Lane sent his farewell
message during the day and both
Houses passed the usual resolu.
tions thanking leaders for "effici'
ent service"
Among these was one expressing
gratitude to Delegate Perry o
Wilkinson, Democrat, Prince
Georges, who presided severa
times over the House in the alb.
sence of Speaker Sybert.
In his message, Gov. Lane callet
the States mental hygiene pro-
gram "the most constructive sin.
gle years advancement since the
State first assumed responsibility,
for the care of the mentally i'll.
OF his $70,000,000 school financ.
ing proposal, the Governor said
1T will reach into every politica
subdivision in Maryland and as.
sure the building of necessary
classroom space to meet an ever.
growing school population.
The administrations tuberculo'
sis hospital program, the Governor
asserted. will give the Stat
Health Department the facilitie
with which to intensity it's cam
paign for detection, treatment an,
cure"
Crab Season Extended.
In other actions, the Senat,
suspended rules to pass, 1868, a bill
to extend the crab season from
April to November l, and adoptet
a resolution by Senator Phoebu
inviting the Legislative Council t,
study the feasibility of authoriz
ing oyster dredging in Lower Ches
apeake Bay. BY this means, Sen
ator Phoebus said, 1.-The council cal
get a first-hand view of how Vir
ginianS can make a living Will
Marylanders can starve to dealt
only stones throw away"
In one of the few successes
has enjoyed in the session. tn
solid Republican Montgomer.
delegation slipped through a bill
to permit the County Circuit Cour
to name as many examiners as
may consider necessary.
Another Senate bill sponsors
by Majority Leader Harold Soth
oron was approved. It woul,
allow two or more counties t
join in operation of public libra
ries with the same provision 70
State aid now allowed count
libraries.
House measures receiving fins