Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-01
Assembly Near
Close, Rushes
School Bills
S224,2ll,929 FlscoI
Program Within IS
Hours OF Completion

ANNAPOLIS Aps@ Aaa.nS
for naAl Adjournment. ~!le.7 -
hours, Genera! As>rnh.y IeAsess
sought TO-DAY 10 p,.>a o., Lanes
multi mN}son dollar NaNs. pro-
gram through a. 'As3 as possible,
Monday IS The constitutional
deadllne !oy The soda, srsSsan.
BY working overtime ls<4ay and
tomorrow leaders h2p~d they
could orlng the SrsAlon 20 ar end
late Saturday night or early sun
day
The Govrrnors School AID pro-
gram Is contained IN Two big
bills.
One would set up q $50 600 900
credit pool under which tho
State wlll lend Us credit 10 the
counties 10 augment their school
building work /, has pASSed the
Senate and Is up for rnal vote
IN the House
sso.oee, 200 Issue Passed
The other. a $40 600 600 bond
issue. VAS paSSed by the senate
and sent 10 the HOUSE Yesterday.
Proceeds viii be distributed TO
Baltimore City and the counties
at the ratio o! 81 for each s. the
subdivisions put up Of their own
money for school construction.
The House suspended The rules
last nlghi and completed legiSiA-
tive action on another key meas
ure in the Governors huge 1880
nscai plan "A sls.ST9 900 bond
issue bill for construction
In so doing Il refused TO heed
the finAi opposing Arguments and
approved 1865 900 for Princess
Anne Ccllege on the Eastern
Shore.
Altogether the money program
totals s224 .s2s. broken down
in this manner
Regular operating budget for
the IL months starting July L.
sl34. 800 sac.
Appropriation from surplus
funds for construction at mental
hospitals and tuberculosis sanA-
toria. s23.53s. 800,
Bond issue for construction Of
State buildings. sl6.373 600,
Bond tissue for school con-
struction, 10000 900.
Credit poo" for school build
inss. $50. 900. 900.
Exceeds Previous Spending.
That t7t&.ail.s7s total exceeds
by many millions any previous
flscal program undertaken by
Maryland.
The operating budget and the
surplus appropriations for tina
hospitals cleared the General
Assembly last week.
Just a little OF Gov. Lane . legis-
latipe program remains on the I'M
finished business caiendAr-an
most OF those bills still on hand
seem assured OF enactment.
Among them are those TO:
Abolish the diSsension ridden
tidewater fisheries commission of
three paid members and replace
IL with a five-man board OF unpaid
commissioners and q paid d.
rector.
Give Marylandk consent 10 the
establishment OF a regional school
for higher education. Al least six
OF the other II Southern States
must agree II the school In 70 be
set up
They will be given first priority.
Pimlieo Rili Passed.
Top priority vas given yester-
day 10 q bill TO allow the Maryland
Jockey Club 10 abandon Pinlieo
race track and consolidate It's
meetings with Laurel
In the course OF several hours
last night and nj the Governor
suggestion. the measure vas re-
written entirely. passed by the
House under suspension Of r1ilea.
given final approval by the Sem
ate and returned 10 the Governor
for signature
II now makes the total number
OF racing days year at Mary.
lands four major tracks 100. In
stead OF loo. Laurel and Bowie
will divide the extra 20 days be-
tween them. Pimlico will con-
tinue 10 operate.
The Senate rejected House
amendments 20 q proposed child
labor law revision with the charge
that the delegates had cut the
heart out Of IT,
The bill was drawn 10 bring
Maryiands child work laws into
compliance with Federal statutes
The House amended II 10 allow
children under 10 10 work during
nonschool hours on the farms. In
canning factories on Bcheduled
newspaper delivery routes and In
similar occupations.
This would make tlss btl
weaker than the Law We have had
for 30 years" Senate Minority
Leader Kimble contsnded,
A Conference Committee Of ths
two houses probably wiil Try 20
resolve the differences