Evening star., 1953-03-14
By q Staff Correspondent Of The Stor

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 14.-The
Prince Georges County Civic
Federation is demanding hear
ings on two important county
bills befole the Maryland Gen.
eral Assembly.
One measure. aimed at setting
up county department of fl
nance, was labeled dangerous
by Walter F. Mulligan, fedora
tion president. who came here
yesterday to request the hear
ings The other bill the fedora
ton wants to be heard on is
legislation to grant broad home
rule powers to the county COM
miSsjoners.
No date has yet been set for
the requested hearings.
Mr.. Mulligan specifically OBJ
jected to the provisions in the
department of finance measure
that would set minimum salaries
for certain employees and depu-
ties in the new agency, but no
maXimums.
Not Under $4,000.
The bill. which would consoli-
date the present county assessors
office and controllers office under
a new and enlarged treasurer's
Office, would provide that the
two new positions of director of
bureau of collections and direc-
tor of bureau of disbursements
be paid mot less than $4,000 per
year"
The head of the bureau of
transfer would be paid mot less
than $4,000 per year."
Mr.. Mulligan also objected to
provision that the treasurer
would be authorized to appoint a
secretary "at not less than $4,000
per year" and said secretary
shall be responsible only to the
treasurer and shall not be gov
erned by or included in any
county personnel laws or county
merit system now existing or
hereafter enacted"
The bill would place other en-
ployes of the new department
under existing personnel laws
and under a merit system, if
and when the county adopts one.
Treasurer Expense Account.
1t also would grant a salary
increase of from $4,000 to $500
a year to the treasurer. but
would not take effect until April
/. 1855, after the expiration of
the term of the present treasurer,
Julian B. Mckay. 1t further
would allow the treasurer an
expense account of not over
$4,000 year.
The bill was presented to the
PRINCE Georges delegation here
by Mr.. Mckay and was intro
duced as a delegation measure.
1t already has passed the House
and has been referred to a select
committee in the Senate.
Senator John r. Fletcher, Re-
publican, of Prince Georges, re-
ceived another objection yester-
day to a bill proposing to
incorporate Beltsville, subject to
referendum in September.
Mrs. Zella P. Saylor, county
civic leader, and four other
women protested the inclusion
of the area of Upper Adelphi,
between Little Paint Branch and
Big Paint Branch, in the would
be incorporation. They presented
petitions containing AZ sigma
lures. which they said included
all of the people living in the
area.
10 Square Miles.
Mrs. Saylor said the area to
be incorporated in the bill,
sponsored by Beltsville civic
leaders, would total 10 square
miles. 1t would take in the vest
ern half of the Vansville Elec-
ton District and extend all the
way to the Montgomery County
border.
Senator Fletcher and the del
egation already have held a
hearing for a group of residents
living between the northern
boundary of College Park and
the Beltsville agricultural farm.
They, too, would be included
in the incorporation. and the
majority, of them protested that