1929. Most extensive program ever adopted in Maryland for highway
construction, arterial highways forming trade routes to Balti-
more City, construction of bridges and elimination of rail-
road grade crossings. Legislation for Vocational Rehabilita-
tion, Education of Crippled Children, Mothers’ Pensions and
Airports and Aviation. State Tax Rate reduced from 36.31-72c
for 1920 to 25c for 1930 and 1931. Laws relating to fish
entirely revised and all local fish laws repealed; Tax and
Revenue Laws entirely revised.

1930. Special Session of the General Assembly to change existing regis-
tration days in Baltimore City. The same conflicted with
certain sacred Jewish Holidays, on which the Jews could not
register without violating the tenets of their faith, and the
changes were made in order to enable them to register and
to vote.

1931. Legislation enacted relating to old age pensions, mothers’ pen-
sions, abolishing informers’ fees, prohibiting the taking of
fish by purse nets, financial responsibility of motorists,
licensing and regulating billboards along public highways,
uniform aeronautics legislation, juvenile courts, training
school for colored girls, and taxicabs. Road Laws entirely
revised.

1933. Legislation enacted relating to the emergency banking situation,
and amending banking laws generally, State Convention to
pass upon proposed repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment,
crop liens, chain stores, legalizing and licensing sale of beer
as authorized by Federal Act, $12,000,000 loan for unemploy-
ment relief in Baltimore City, economies and reduction in
State Budget to enable a reduction in local taxes and a re-
duction of the State tax rate from 25c to 22c for 1934 and
1935, being the lowest State tax rate since 1911. At special
election Maryland voted for repeal by nearly 160,000
majority.

1933. Special Session of the General Assembly for the control of
alcoholic beverages following the repeal of the 18th Amend-
ment. The session also enacted legislation for the improve-
ment of criminal procedure and measures relating to a
number of Federal Agencies.

BARONS OF BALTIMORE AND LORDS PROPRIKfARY OF

MARYLAND

Gaosoa CiLvut, First Lord Baltimore.

Lords Proprietary.

1632—Cacilius Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore.
1675—Charles Calvert, Third Lord Baltimore.
1715—Benedict Leonard Calvert, Fourth Lord Baltimore.
1715—Charles Calvert, Fifth Lord Baltimore.
 
 
 
1751—Frederick Calvert, Sixth and Last Lord Baltimore.
1771 to 1776—Henry Harford, Last Proprietary.