Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-25
Bill Would Put
Juveniles Under
Circuit Court
Delegation Agrees
On Measure for
Prince Georges
BY ChorIes l. Hoffman
Stor Stoff Correspondent

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 25.-The
Prince Georges County delega-
ton today was set to introduce
a bill to turn Juvenile Court
jurisdiction over to the county
Circuit Court.
In agreeing on the change
the delegation noted that Prince
Georges is one of only four
counties in the State that have
juvenile jurisdiction vested in
the trial magistrates system.
The Circuit Court handles such
cases in 18 counties and one
county makes no special pro-
vision for juvenile cases.
The delegation had been
pressed by the County Youth
Council and the Juvenile Court
Advisory Committee to establish
a full-time Juvenile Court SINH
lar to one in Montgomery County.
The delegation probably will
leave up to the Circuit Court
the decision as to whether one
judge will handle all juvenile
cases or the task will be split
between the judges.
Gas Storage Tax Bill
Senator H. Winship Wheatley,
jr., last night said he would in
troduce a bill today to authorize
the Prince Georges County COM
missioners to levy a special use
tax on natural gas stored under
ground in the county.
The Senator is co-sponsor of
measure to grant gas COM
panies the authority to establish
underground storage facilities in
the county. He said he would
amend his bill to throw out pro-
posed granting of condemnation
powers to gas companies for OBJ
tanning property for storage IA
cilities.
The Washington Gas Light Co.
last night issued a statement
here that it had requested the
deletion of condemnation powers
because of public opposition and
the wavering of public officials
in supporting the bill.
The gas company has said it
already has options on 70 per
cent of the $500 acres needed for
storage facilities.
Liquor Store Freeze
The Prince Georges delegation
last night introduced measures
that would virtually continue the
freeze on any new retail liquor
stores in the county. +.
The delegations measure would
freeze the number of licenses to
be issued in each license category
at the present number actually
in operation.
Six new club licenses would be
created, and two of them would
be tagged specifically for vet
Grams organizations.
The measures also would Gre
ate a new hotel category and
provide for an off and on sale
license for one hotel with so bed
rooms and three stories.
At present. the total licenses
available are pegged at 1853, but
there is no bar on the shifting
in category loads.
TakOma Park Bill
Delegates Carlton r. Sickles
and Hervey G.. Machen, both |
Democrats, also introduced a
measure to bar the granting of |
any beer or liquor license in the |
Prince Georges section of Ia
koma Park.
Mr.. Sickles also has introduced |
bills aimed at inviting more in
dustry into the county by per-
them to bring their ex-
perience rating on unemploy-
nent compensation from their
previous location.
New business in the country
now must wait three years be-
fore establishing their rating. |
which is based on their employees
employment record.
A second measure would simply |
cut this time down to one year.
Delegate C. Phillip Nichols,
Democrat, of Prince Georges,
last night introduced a measure
TO include the city of Laurel in
the Washington Suburban SAM
tary Commission when city Off
cials and the commission reach /
agreement on sewer and water |
facilities.