Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-27
Sennii-AnnuaI
Car Inspection.
Bill Drafted
6 Other Measures
Of Montgomery
Delegation Ready

Bills calling Tor Seml-annual
inspection of motor vehicles and
heavier sharing by the State in
school costs have been drafted
by the Montgomery County del
egation to the General Assembly
The measures are among seven
already prepared by the delega-
ton for sponsorship in the Feb
ruary session of the Legislature
Another measure would in
crease from Is to Is the mimi
mum age for the obtaining of a
chauffeur's license in the State
The inspection proposal would
provide for checks between May
! and July 81 and between No
vember / and January 81. An
inspection would cost 81. with
10 cents going to the State.
The measure also would re-
quire all school buses to be in
spected in August or before the
opening of any school year. un-
der standards set up by the
State Board of Education fol-
public school buses.
The inspection stations would
be private garages. designated
and supervised by the Depart
ment of Motor Vehicles.
Requires Correction.
The measure would require
that any deficiency found in an
inspection be corrected within
the inspection periods.
Failure to have an inspection
sticker could bring a $40 fine or
five days in jail. A $25 fine or
Is days in Jail would be the
penalty for falsely displaying a
sticker.
The. inspection measure would
one now on the books
which authorizes. but does not
require. the Department of Mo-
tor Vehicles to establish an
inspection system.
Measures to tighten up the
chauffeur's license requirements
and school bus inspections have
been promoted by civic and
safety groups as result of an
last July on Rockville
pike, in which one child died
and IL others were injured.
The driver of the private school
was a 17-year-old boy.
Would Change Computation.
Most important of the school
aid bills is one that would alter
the present system of computing
the State school equalization
fund.
The State Tax Commission
now certifies to the State School
Board the assessable bases Or
each county. Equalization funds
are distributed on a formula
based on the assessments the
oretically with the poorer ccun-
ties getting the fatter share.
A recent survey showed, how
ever, that a number of counties
were assessing at much lower
rates than Montgomery and,
thereby. were getting an unfair
heavier share of the equalization
fund.
The proposed measure calls
for the determination of the
median rate for the State-last
year it was 38.5 per cent of cash
value-and the adjustment to
this rate of each county's assess
ment.
1t is estimated Montgomery
could get an additional $780,
600 and Prince Georges $408,-
600 under the proposal in both
incentive funds and equalization
funds Baltimore City. which
now gets nothing. would receive
81. $4,000
IL Counties Would Lose.
Twelve of Maryland's % coun-
ties stand to lose funds under
the proposal, but the entire ad-
ditional cost to the State would
be an estimated $3,233,000 an
nually.
Two other measures prepared
by the county delegation would
remove the 10-cent increase in
the minimum school tax a
county must levy. returning it tc
IS cents until 1855.
The third school cost proposal
would permit the counting OF
kindergarten and junior college
teachers in computing State aid
The two latter measures would
bring in about 81 million to
Montgomery County.
The delegation also will in
troduce resolutions in both the
House and Senate calling on
the Federal Government to pro-
vide sufficient funds" for school
construction and operation in
Federal-impacted areas.