Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-16

MEL VI a11u . N0tAottt4bAotts AC8Ao41t
after q session has ended come I
session. either special or regular.
Gov. McKeldin has indicated
he win call the Legislature into
special session next week to con-
slider a bill creating a Maryland
port authority. The bill is now
being printed and he said Satur-
day he wanted to see it in its
final printed form before OFF,
|cially issuing the session call.
The regular, 30-day budget ses-
sion Of the Legislature is sched-
|uled to open on February /, but
legal experts have said the port
bill does not qualify for consid-
|eration in that session.
The two most controversial of
the Statewide vetoes were on
acts increasing State aid for
county school construction and
Ipostponing for another year the
higher auto tag fees scheduled
to take effect this spring.
Among the local measures the
Governor refused to approve are
several from Prince Georges and
Montgomery Counties.
Would Shift Control
! Probably the most contro-
Iversial Of these is the bill in
creasing membership on the
Maryland-Na Capital Park
and Planning Commission from
six to eight and providing for
their appointment by local gov
erning bodies. The effect of this
bill would be to transfer control
of the agency from Republican
Ito Democratic hands. Gov. Nc
Keldin is q Republican.
The auto tag fee increase was
| a hot issue in both the 1854
and 1855 sessions. The higher
fees were first scheduled to &c
lin effect last spring, but the
| Governor signed a bill last win
! ter deferring them until this
spring. Then the Democratic
Legislature pushed through an
other bill deferring the increase
from 1856 to 1857 and it was
this one the Governor vetoed
The State Roads Commission
claims 1t needs the additional
money to maintain new road,
being built under the 12-yeal
program.
The proposed increases In.
volve a raise from SIS to $2(
on auto tags for most passenger
vehicles chose under 3,70(
pounds. from $23 to $50 or
heavier passenger cars and cor
responding increase for trucks.
The vetoed bill on school aid
would have increased State
money distributed to the counties
under the incentive fund by SIC
per pupil, which would total
about SAB million.
Gov. McKeldin said he vetoed
the incentive fund increase OF
from $40 to $40 per pupil because
1t was not accompanied by legis-
lation assuring more uniform
assessments from county to
county. The distribution OF State
school aid under the equalization
and incentive formulas is based
on a large part on the total
property assessments of the
counties and Baltimore City.
Other Planning Bills
Here's what some Of the other
vetoed bills are about:
PARK AND PLANNING - Ir
addition to the bill recognizing
the Maryland National Capita
Park and Planning Commission
there were two other vetoed bills
concerning this agency. One
would extend the jurisdiction OF
the commission throughout all
of Montgomery County except
Rockville, Gaithersburg and
Washington Grove. The other
would Empower the agency to
spend its surplus moneys on buy
ing UP land for future highways,
school sites and other public
uses
PRINCE GEORGES CATS =
Gov. McKeldin had some fun
with this one, q bill authorizing
the Prince Georges County COM
missioners to license and control