Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-07

When they return here Nom
day night for their first full
MekeIdin Tax Prosrom Seen Helping
FomiIy Heads. Pose Al
Kimble Seeks Repeol Of Powers Gronted
University Of Maryland. Pose Al
work week, they will start voting
on eight measures vetoed by
Gov. McKeldin after the 1854
session. Committees win be APP.
pointed at that time and viii
start celebrating on the 81 Sem
ate bills and Is House bills al
ready introduced.
Most of the bills dropped into.
the hopper on opening day or
yesterday came from the Legis-
lative Council. interim study
group Of the legislature.
To Take Lot Of Study.
Some of them, such as the
124-page measure revising State
election laws. will take q. lot more
study. Two years in the making.
the election law bill calls for
mandatory Statewide use OF
voting machines by 1858 and for
fixed limits On how much candle
dates may spend in their own
campaigns. It also contains
some new restrictions on politi-
cal activities.
Another Legislative Council
bill Of interest here is one de-,
signed to limit the authority OF
State movie censors to ban films.
It would allow such bans only
on films the censors consider to
be obscene or those that tend
ito debase or corrupt morals or
incite to crimes"
The proposal is designed to
bring the State law into line.
with Supreme Court rulings that
State censors may not ban films
they find sacrilegious, indecent,
inhuman or immoral.
The censorship bill is substan-
tally the same as one introduced
In the 1854 Legislature by Dele
gate Jerome Robinson, Democrat.
Of Baltimore City. 1t was de-
feated by q narrow margin In
the House.
To Bring headache.
Two bills that are bound to
give the lawmakers d big head
ache are those designed to linz
plement the municipal home rule
amendment to, the State consti-
tuition approved by the voters
last November.
The amendment directed the
Legislature to divide the mu-.
inequalities Of the State into not
more than four classes. accord
ing to population, and hence
forth refrain from passing any
laws except to apply to mu-
inequalities as a class. The
Legislative Council bill sets up
only one class and puts all mu-
inequalities under IL, meaning
that the General Assembly could
not legislate for one town with
out legislating for all Of them.
The second bill dealing with
home rule sets up q model Inu-
nicipaI charter to be used by
newly incorporated towns. The
first bill carries a provision that
any area Of more than 100 resi-
dents can become incorporated,
If a majority approve in q special
election. The special election
would be called upon petition to
the county commissioner Of 10
per cent or more Of the residents
Of the area proposed for incor-
poration.
Monday night, the House is
scheduled to vote on four guber-
Material vetoes, one Of them the
controversial 500 million vet-
Grams bonus bill.
w. Earl Griffin, State COM
mander OF the Veterans Of For
eign Wars, told reporters here
his group is not urging that the
Governors veto be over-ridden
In view OF Gov. McKeldin's pro-
posal to raise the sales tax to 3
cents June !. The bonus pro-
posed in the vetoed bill would be
paid from a penny increase on
the sales tax.
Auto Fees Biggest Bill.
The House also will decide
whether to override the Gov
ernor on his veto of legislation
giving municipalities authority
to regulate speed limits on any
Of their own streets not part Of
the State road system. Under
present State law, town officials
may not set speeds below IS
miles per hour Except in PARKS
and above IS miles per hour.
The only significant measure
In the four vetoes to be COM
sidered by the Senate is the
bill to postpone the motor vehicle
registration fee increases sched-
uled to 60 into effect this spring.
Originally. the fees were to
60 up from SIS and S23 on.
passenger cars to $40 and $50.
But the 1854 legislature passed
. bill indefinitely postponing the
higher fees. which were to be
used BY the State Roads Com-
mission In the i2-year roads
program.
The sponsor Of the postpone
ment bin. Senator Frederick
Malkus. Democrat. Of Dorches-
ter. has said. however, he will
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