Evening star., 1955-11-10
Road Fees Shared
By Many Politicians
Maryland Paid
Out sl37, 900 to
23o Attorneys

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A large number Of politicians
share in State Roads Commission
legal fees. q list furnished yes
terday by the commission re-
veals.
The list of 239 lawyers doing
title research and condemnation
suit work for the States high-
way program includes l6 menu
bers Of the General Assembly,
10 Of the % States attorneys
and many others in political life.
Joseph D. Buscher, special as
|sistant attorney general for the
roads commission, furnished the
list upon request.
The information showed that
fees paid lawyers hired by the
commission on a contractual
basis totaled $137 600 last year.
The fees ranged from as low
Jas SIS to $9.775. but most were
between 5000 and $500.
Bailey Tops List
The top fee on the 1854 list
went to former State Senator
Paul Bailey, st. Marys County
Republican. He received $6,475
for title search work, and So, 800
for legal services in condemna-
ton cases.
State Senators on the 1858
roster are Layman j. Redden,
Democrat of Caroline; James
Weinroth, Democrat Of Cecil;
Frederick C. Malkus, Democrat
of Dorchester; william s.
James. Democrat Of Hartford, and
James A. Mattingly, Democrat
Iof st. Marys.
The IL State delegates listed
are Ridgely P. Melvin, jr., Dem.
ocrat Of Anne Arundel; A. Cor.
don Boone, Democrat Of Balti.
more County; Harry r. Hughes,
Democrat of Caroline: Thomas
j. Hatem. Democrat Of Hartford:
Daniel T. Murray, jr.. Democrat
lof Howard: William B. Wheeler.
ID Democrat of Montgomery:
Charles w. Woodward, jr.. Dem.
Iocrat of Montgomery; Ernest A.
Loveless. jr., Democrat Of Prince
Georges; Lloyd Simpkins, DEM
ocrat of Somerset: Jerome Rob-
inson, Democrat of Baltimore
CITY, and Delegate Hervey
iMachen. Democrat Of Prince
Georges.
States Attorneys Listed
4 States attorneys listed as per-
forming legal duties for the COM
pission were David Harkness.
4 Calvert County: j. Albert Roney,
Cecil: George w. Bowling.
Charles; Harry Dyer, Hartford:
&c. Orn1an Manahan, Howard:
Aiger Y. Barbee, Montgomery:
Blair Smith. Prince Georges:
Walter Dorsey. st. Marys; Ham
lilton Fox, Wicomico. and Daniel
IL. Prettyman. Worcester.
Others prominent in Maryland
politics who are on the list are
former State Senator and Circuit
Court Judge E. Dale Adkins Of
Wicomico County; William C.
Walsh Of Cumberland, former
attorney general; John Reeves
OF Bethesda. former secretary Of
State: Neil c. Fraley, former
State senator now Judge in
Garrett County. and the law
firm of Lane. Bushong and BY.
ron. Of which former Gov. vii.
liam Preston Lane, jr.. is a mem
her.
Attorney General C. Ferdinand
lSybert'S name was on the 1854
roster where it was reported he
received $535 in legal fees prior
10 taking Office as attorney gem
leral.
The roads commissions 1855
list Of attorneys and law firms
hired for title search and con-
demnation work In highway
projects included:
Montgomery, Prince Georges
Montgomery County-David E.
Belts, David F. Cahoon, James
CHRISTOPHER. Edwin Collier, Mil
ton F. Clogg. Edward L. Foster.
Samuel Gordon. Mrs. Susan j.
Hendershott, Leonard r. Hardy.
Joseph NJ. Matthias, B. Houston
McCeney, Alger Y. Barbee, Miller
& Miller tRockville,, Miller &
Miller tSilver Spring., I. John
Ritterpusch. Ralph Shure, Guar
lanty Title. Simpson a. Simpson.
IG. Gregg Everngam, Harper M.
Smith, Andrew w. Starratt, jr.:
James F. Tones, William B.
Wheeler, Charles w. Woodward.
llr.; Vincent L. Gingerich.
Prince Georges County-Waldo
Burnside, Bowie Clagett, Ernest
N. Cory, jr,. Oscar r. Duley,
Frank M. Hall. Thomas Elmo
Jones, c. Calvert Lancaster,
Ernest A. Loveless. jr., Hervey
G. Machen. George G. McLeish,
n. Thornton Murray, Roscoe
Parker. Ralph w. Powers, Her
bert w. Reichelt, Sasscer, Clag-
lett & Powers. Blair Smith,
Lawyers Title Co.
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