Evening star., 1951-04-01
Maryland Assembly
Acts 10 Straiighten )uI
|Budgeiary Problems
BY the Assoeioted Press

106yS0 V6sSM
BY the Assoeiofed Press
ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 81. - Th,
General Assembly, resigned tt
meeting again next week, tool
steps tonight to iron out it's diff.
culties over the States $163-mil.
lion budget.
All hope of adjournment to.
night was abandoned-mainly be.
cause q fire damaged Carvel Hal
and stopped legislative procedure
last night.
Many legislators have lived II
the historic hotel since the 1851
session started. When they heare
about the fire. their main con.
Germ was to save personal belong.
ings.
The House and Senate named 6
special committee of six member.
to decide what to do about Gov
McKeldin's proposal to transfer
$l,76S,600 in State police expense!
from general funds to motor We.
hicle funds.
Rider Irks Governor.
The house passed the bill a.
written. Senate Democrats tackled
on rider which said the au.
thority would be good only TO,
one year. They also proposed that
if the state gets any extra money
after next July it must be put
back into the motor vehicle funds
Gov. McKeldin said the Senate
action made farce and a joke
of his bill and promised a veto.
The House stood behind ths
governor but the Senate majorit;
refused to back down. This re-
suited in the appointment of 6
conference committee of three
members from each house to work
out the final answer.
The committee members arr
Senators Sybert. Democrat, Of
Howard; Preston, Democrat, oil
Baltimore and Monroe, Republi.
can. for Charles, and delegate.
Dempsey, Democrat, OF Baltimore;
Boone. Democrat, of Baltimore
County and Lofstrand, Republi-
can, Of Montgomery.
The budget itself has passed
both houses. But one part of il
will fail unless both houses agree
on the State police fund transfer
State Pay Rise Included.
Salary increases for State en-
ployes were included in the SIG;
million appropriation bill but tx
make up the necessary funds, the
governor proposed to transfer the
State police expenses.
Until 1947. State police costs
were paid from motor vehicle col.
lections.
Pay raises for teachers remained
a major issue in the closing hours
of the session. The matter came
to the fore two nights ago ane
committees of both House anc
Senate joined in a rush to SCI
which could get a bill out first.
The Senate Finance Committee
put on the floor today a bill which
would grant 5000 a year more t
teachers, with an increase in cor.
porate income taxes to pay tn,
bill.
Corporate Tax Rise Urged.
The proposal was to increase ons
corporate income tax from 4 pel
cent to 5 per cent. This wouie
boost the annual yield from $14.5!
million a year to $18.17 million i
was estimated.
The House Ways and Mean.
Committee decided on $500 pa,
raises along with the same ta1
increase.
The final decision will com
next week but the Governor is al
most certain to veto any bill
passed with a tax boost.
The Senate also had before i
a 500 million bonus bill to be votet
on in November, 1852.
The bill would pay up to $50
to veterans of both world war
but an amendment was schedule,
to include Maryland veterans O
the Korean war.
Extra Beer, Wine, Liquor Tax.
The bonus would be pal,
through extra taxes on beer, wine
and liquor.
In the Senate, tempers flaret
in wrapgling that delayed actor
on two University of Marylan,
proposals and one for a new engi
neering building at Johns Hop
kins University.
Partisans of both institution
accused each other of attempting
to sabotage bills that would:
l. Give the University of Mary
land broad powers of self rule b.
removing most of the legislature
authorit over its operations.
2. Pass again a measure ,au
thoriZing the University to issue it
own revenue bonds for new build
|ings in College Park and Balti
more.
3. Float SIS million in Stat
bonds for a proposed Johns Hop
kins building which would hous
an industrial research laboratory
All three measures had to b
held over until Monday because o
suggested amendments.
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