Evening star., 1950-02-14
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$100MiIIion Bonus Bill
Is Introduced; Lane
Stands Pot on Tax Cut
By J. l. Michael
Stor Stuf Correspondent

ANl<AToL1S, rGU. 14.-Mdry-
land legislators cleared the decks
today for action on Gov. Lanes
tax cut plan and record $143
million budget.
Gov. Lane in a press confer
ence yesterday made it clear that
he will stand pat on his plan
to save taxpayers $3,750,000
through income tax and real
estate slashes. Republicans ex-
pressed equal determination to
double that amount by more lib
eral action along the same line.
Gov. Lane also said there could
be no increase in budget appro-
priations simply because there
was no more money"
AS the House Ways and Means
and Senate Finance Committees
prepared to get to work on the
budget-the purpose for which
the short session was called
Delegate McNulty, Democrat, OF
Anne Arundel, with 48 co-spon-
sors, dropped in his $100 million
veterans bonus bill.
Lane Asks How It's to Be Paid
Thus the Assembly promised
tax savings with one tongue and
higher levies with the other.
Apparently cool to the idea, but
making no definite statement
Gov. Lane asked of the bonus,
How is it going to be paid?"
He said income and outgo had
been so closely balanced that he
could not find enough to give hos
pitals an additional allowance
Amounts to some hospitals were
reduced in the 1851 budget, while
others. were increased, but the
total was held to $1,591,884.
Mr.. McNulty's bill would finance
a bonus by using sales tax re-
ceipts above $2o,000,000 and dip
ping into real estate tax receipts
if necessary. The measure would
require a referendum vote in No.
vember.
Another bonus bill by Senators
Phoebus. Republican, Somerset
and Goldstein, Democrat, Calvert
call for bond issue of $685.
600.
Delegate McNulty. a former
State commander of the American
Legion, and now the organiza-
tion's legislative chairman, said
he believed his bill would pass
and that the Governor would
sign it.
1T gives the people the right
to decide the ISSUE he said. eve
may as well settle the question
now. he added, "for until we dc
1t will be before us at every legis-
latfve session"
At the press conference Gov
Lane refused comment on the plan
to end Maryland Virginia "oystel
wars" through separation OF
Chesapeake Bay and Potomac
River conservation problems.
A bill introduced by Senator
Kimble, Republican, Allegheny,
would permit any property own
er who feels his assessment is toe
high to take his case into court
Roads Unit Expansion Asked.
At present appeals from State
Tax Commission rulings can be
taken only on questions of law
where there is some doubt whether
the commission has met all tech
nical requirements in reaching q
decision.
A bill sponsored by Senator
Sothoron, Democrat, of Prince
Georges would make gasoline
trucks and all other vehicles
which carry bulk loads of inf1am-
mable materials subject to the
jurisdiction of the Public Serv-
ice Commission.
Two bills to be introduced today
by Senator Goldstein, Democrat
Calvert, would increase member
ship of the State Roads Commits
sion and the Public Service Com
mission.
The roads commission which
now has three members would
have five, one from Baltimore, the
others from the Eastern Shore
Western, Central and Southern
Maryland. At present Central
and Southern Maryland are with
out representation.
The same membership distribu-
ton would apply to the proposed
new alignment of the Public Serv-
ice Commission which now has
two members from Baltimore and
one from the Eastern Shore.
Nine Prince Georges Bills Filed.
Nine bills were introduced by
the Prince Georges delegation
They would:
Repeal 1949 act directing the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission to fix water service
charges sufficient to pay principal
and interest on water, sewerage
and drainage system bond issues;
Provide that after July l, 1850
the commission shall make all
house connections, water and
sewer, within the sanitary districts
and prohibit plumbers from max
ing such connections;
Provide that after July /, 1850
the commission shall have full
authority to make water and sewer
house connections and fix charges
for same;
Allow the town of Bowie to
increase its tax rate from 80 cents
on 500 valuation to so cents;
Allow the town of Edmonston
to increase its tax rate from SO
cents on 500 valuation to 80
cents;
= Allow the Mayor and Council
of Riverdale to raise the tax rate
for fire prevention from S cents
on $100 valuation to 10 cents;
Allow the Prince Georges COM