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issue for immediate construction
of six classroom units in the most
crowded school areas. and made
q supplemental appropriation OF
s151 900 20 the Board Of Education
can order "a new school buses
and school furniture.
Action on Bills Deferred.
Action was deferred until to-
morrow and Tuesday on several
controversial bills. These include
q plan for nonpartisan council
elections. and 4 politically-explos-
i've plan to relieve the Washing
ton Suburban Sanitary Commits
sion Of its refuse collecting func-
tions.
Tomorrow's meeting il sched-
uled for z pm. The councils nnal
legislative session will be held
Tuesday.
Mr.. Lee announced that hos
pital legislation will not be con-
sidered ut the 1o49 session. A
Silver Spring group sought to OBJ.
tain q 31,500.000 bond issue tt
finance construction Of q hospital
In that area.
Other Laws Enacted.
Among the laws enacted yester-
day was one prescribing penalties
for persons who violate q section
Of the charter forbidding politica
activity by county employees.
Another was q measure which
enables the council to adopt or.
dinances for building. fire, elec-
trical. plumbing and other code,
In al parts Of the county outside
the Maryland Washington re.
.gional district. This makes pos
sible the zoning Of the entire
county. s.sEs
A third measure regulates auc'
ton sales and o. fourth make,
technical amendments to the Law
on collection. disbursement and
deposit Of county funds.
An amendment to the origina
liquor dispensary title bill wal
adopted to assure the Maryland.
National Capital Park and Plan.
ming Commission that 1t will no1
be eyicted from its quarters in thu
building. The commission. how.
ever, viii be required to pay rent
fixed by the council from year Il
year" The agency is paying NJ
rent at present.
Before the final vote. Mr.. Lex
announced that he wanted t<
make some observations in defence
Of Councilman j. Douglas Brad.
shaw, sponsor Of the legislation
who was assailed last week by
Democratic Chairman Smith. I.
Recalls '33 Legislation.
"In 1888" Mr.. Lee said, "the
governing body of the county
issued 100000 In bonds for the
erection Of q county building ir
Silver Spring. For all the year.
since that time the county has
been paying off those bonds al
the rate Of $4,000 q year-not
the people of the suburban dis
trict nor Of the area served by
the Park and Planning Commits
sion-but allN the people Of the
county.
For five more years all the
people Of the county will be pay
ing off the remainder Of = $4,000
debt"
when this building was built
the county provided for certain
county Offices to 60 in there. One
was the Liquor Board, which was
then q county agency. Another
was the county engineering de-
partment. uarters were furnished
the county trial magistrate anc
his clerk. Space remaining on the
first floor was given to the Pari
and Planning Commission. m
agency which has its own sources
Of revenue, but still was given
quarters by the county In q coun-
ty building.
The Park and Planning Com
mission did pay one half Of the
cost Of maintenance, which In
cluded such things as custodial
service and heat That was the
situation as 1t existed up to 1943,
Title Transferred.
In l943 the Democrats enacted
q bill Cat Annapolis) to transfer
the title Of the building to the
Liquor Board. which at the same
time became . State agency whose
members were appointed by the
Governor. So. there was given TO
an agency which no longer was q
county body. property amounting
TO at least $500. 900. There was
no fflnanciaD consideration
Not content with that. this
newly converted State agency. to-
gether with the Park and Plan
ming Commission. turned out Of
the building the trial magistrate
and his clerk-which required
the county to spend money for
Office space and also the county
engineering department. This gave
the whole second door 10 the Park
and Planning Commission. The
commission never paid rent which
would have increased profits OF
the liquor Board: these In turn
wouli have gone TO the people Of
the county"
Nj. Lee asserted Mr.. Smiths
charges were not supported By
fact and added that the council
would be grossly neglectful and
would fail In It's duty 10 the peo-
pie" II did not reclaim the title