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THURSDAY MQRNNG, JANUARY 29, 19I!yp li STATE seite!! Senator Goodell Also Offers Measure Changing Partridge j Season Of County.I Bills to change the time when : Frederick county taxes begin to bear interest and io^cLangc 1ion* when |:he season for shooting partridges in! j this county shall open, were intro- S - 4iYi ducedMa- the S^e Senate Tuesday jbv'Senator Charles F. Goodell, of this ; county.Under the present law taxes begin lt;uto -bear interest on Janttarr l. The. SJ'i proposed change would make the interest hearing: period begin on September 1, in. line with action taken by the Frederick. Count* Farmeis* Association at a recent meeting- In 1914 i 'aw-was passed making the interest bearing period on county taxes begui ' on September 1. In 191C, the law was changed to make it January 1. Farmers and other advocates of the bill hold that -the county loses considerable interest money each year through no interest being charged on back tax bills until January I.Partridge Season Changed.The bill regulating the opening of | the hunting season tor partridges j provides that the time shall be September 10, 1921. In 191G a bill was [passed by the-legislature losing ti^ partridge hunting season until November 10. 1921. in order to protect the birds and allow them to become; - % more numerous. The proposed change would still make* the season closec for partridge hunting next fall, but would open it In 1921 two months ahead of the time provided by ihe ipresent law, and also two monthsfor rabbits opens'. It is said that m 'other counties o£ the State the par-| tridge season opens on November 10.; but it is proposed to make it two i months earlier in Frederick county.It 'is understood- that the Frederick i County- Fish, and Game Protective As-1 sociation wants the present partridge j bra lifted altogether so that it will be legal to shoot the birds nevt fall. The bill introduced, yesierdav 15 under-! ! stood to hare been prepared by a local!! ahead o£ the tune -when the .season :nen*plan To link Two Flair*. ! Dar The proposal to have Maryland andj West Vnginia joiaUi purchase ioui 1 t-oridges across the Potomac and tr-c-nj | them free to traffic was given nnpetu-j i v-sierdaj at a conference between a j idelegation of Wes: 111511113 legiMU-j A_,lc.is ar.d 2 1 un.ber or Ma-vland i.'ta• hunter.1••milt;A-£- 'VT!Ctl !33011the 28tin.*1*12 . , took ! At the close of the conference it was 1ia31 j.jjj. | announced that the sense nf the con-1 mg j ference of the joint .committees was | 200Lock,iiisecc an ;PwerT5(oth:ressmend to its respective Legislature that the State Hi^bw-ay-jCurainissio:s m each* State be authorized anu empowered to connect the highways ol West Virginia and Maryland at one sler. j or more points with bridges over the awe. Potomac mer. as part of the highwa*1 A JL orges\ stem of the two States ’* cosxTbe conferees paid^a visit to Governor Ritchie, who.epress^d lumself as m favor oi tne pkan.~ Those at ‘b-loun j conferrnee included Senator Edgar B I Stewart, ex-Senatov Gray Silver ar.d Representatives J* Sloan. Kuykendall at«u Gov C. C.ote, of West Vij-.un. s. of i On the pait ci .Maryland were Vrnail ace rtors Eppler. Stifler. Mitchell. Mishg at Speicher and Hamson.werepierJon;persHopu*:der-r ofs.foirThe West Virginians said sheir ated. State probably would have an extra erne- session of the Legislature m I11*’ spring cn,T€(l for ihe ratification cl i|tlt; 1-go Amendment, an 1 i;n*the mailer c* the bridges cbill be brought before it. West Virginia has liam the money for tbe project, but it is , jn 1 doubtful whether Maryland will be ^•ed- to spare the funds at the present timeThe scheme to have Ma^land and West Virginia join In the'purchase os the toll bridges as Shepherdstown,pustpunxi assveieigrteerbledoorto : com was3X1rice* rave ar gaHancock. Harpers Ferry and William* conpcrt originated in the General Assam-, lily of 191S. when a joint resolution „ EC was passed appointing a committee)-.he ; co confer with a similar committee I birrvuefres-of thebool • from West Virginia. . MostjV.Vst Virginians and a few of the tiers' j Marylanders, including those of the Joys* | Senate, met last summer and inspect-Jail- ed the bridges Itfc was estimatedrec-l that th^v coidd b*11 bought forothe mlt;r so a T:For Compulsory Voting.pre-lt;er^ir. Grymes of Uie Baltimore ciiy delegation, believes that every affiliated voter should participate m the primary elections and if be does not. toys’ he should be deprived bf tbe right to ;ting ivote m the general election. Mr The! Grymes introduced a bill in the House and- embodying his views. The bill reads that “That any voter duly registered as the such who. having affiliated Irmself(sirs, i with a duly recognized political party..) jV-fails to vote at any primary election i ’iHouk£*r.Mr.3rrs.Clydpro-5 a.opicSay!Mr.MrsYou:baveent:Mrs.31ey.irrisshall be held as disqualified from voi;ney.ing at the general election ne\t fol lowing after such primary election unless he should under oath show good and sufficient reason to the judges of Dor- ejection for not voting. these reas-llerJ ons bding defined in the bil] as sickness of the voter or of membeis of bis family and absence from the city. Four Years For Sheriff-**It is now proposed to have the tenure of the sheriff be the same in the j counties as in Baltimore city. A bill ^ j providing for the submission of an P* amendment to the constitution sinu-5§kt j ]nr *o that adopted by Baltimore forn Mr* j years ago was introduced by Senate*• ^jJYnttle. It makes the terms of the j sheriff four instead of two years andiyed j renders him eligible to spcceed him-ash-(self. The amendment is to be subsent mitted at the next general election, ssesnuHuviSmitMfHar(hamXy*'Hah:me1*-*LeGtmen•ner. tfar-X L X.MeTheW;memStamps Forath- Mr. Coblcntz presentetl an order d:-i2J. XeJ-i vecting the postmaster to supply the!Hie. members, chief dork, journal clerk j mn: | and reading clerk with stamps to thcs mss. amount of $25. which was adopted* Dxlohn by a vote of SG to I, Mr. Corsnch. oi-prov t GarrolL casting the negative vote. •» i
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Thu, Jan 29, 1920
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