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William S. Gordy, Jr. (1873-1950)
MSA SC 3520-1577

Notes

1. "Gordy Funeral To Be Tommorrow." Baltimore Sun Morning Edition, 6 December 1950; "William S. Gordy Dies in Hospital." Baltimore Sun Evening Edition, 5 December 1950.

2. "Comptrollers Office Put On Modern Basis." Baltimore News American, 17 January 1922.

3.  "Gordy Has Outlay Plan." The Baltimore News American, 17 January 1924; Annual Report of the Comptroller of the Treasury of the State of Maryland for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 1923 to the General Assembly of Maryland.

4.  Ibid.

5.  Alan M. Wilner, The Maryland Board of Public Works: A History.  (Annapolis: Maryland Hall of Records, 1984), 85.

6. Annual Report of the Comptroller of the Treasury of the State of Maryland for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 1935 to the General Assembly of Maryland.

7. Chapter 11 of 1937

8. Letter from Earl Fish to William S. Gordy, Jr.  8 March 1938.

9. "Comptroller-Elect Hands Out Surprise." Baltimore News American, 10 January 1922.

10. Richard Walsh and William L. Fox. Maryland: A History 1632-1974. (Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1974), 778.

11. Walsh and Fox, 730-731.

12. Ibid.

13. Robert J. Brugger. Maryland: A Middle Temperament 1634-1980. (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988), 493.

14. Walsh and Fox, 734.

15. "$9,000,000 Relief Bill Faces State Taxpayers for Year Beginning June 1."  The Baltimore Sun, 2 June 1934.

16. "Favor Sales Tax to Raise Relief Funds." The Baltimore News American, 29 July 1934.

17. "Clergymen Urge State Relief Tax." The Baltimore Sun, 9 Sept. 1934.

18. "Hints At Sales Tax or Lottery For Relief Fund." The Baltimore Evening Sun, 26 July 1934.

19. Walsh and Fox, 751.

20. Annual Report of the Comptroller of the Treasury of the State of Maryland for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 1934 to the General Assembly of Maryland.

21. Morris Radoff. Old Line State: A History of Maryland. (Hopkinsville: Historical Records Association, 1956), 434.

22. Copy of Editorial sent to the Baltimore Sun against the Gross Receipts Tax Bill, 26 June 1935.

23. Telegram from Silver Spring Chamber of Commerce to Governor Nice in support of Gross Receipts Tax, 29 March 1935; Telegram from Bethesda Chamber of Commerce to Governor Nice in support of Gross Receipts Tax, 29 March 1935.

24. Letter from Governor Nice to Pennsylvania Senator Edward Jackson Thompson, 9 April 1935.

25. Letter from Governor Nice to Attorney General Herbert O'Conor,  27 March 1935.

26. "Nice to Sign Gross Sales Tax Measure." The (Annapolis) Evening Capital, 1 April 1935.

27. Governor Nice's (form) letter to those writing in to criticize his signing into law the 1935 Gross Receipts Tax. 29 March 1935.

28. "Gordy Explains Sales Tax Requirements, Urges Cooperation of People."  The Kent News, 6 April 1935.

29. "Merchants Must Observe Gross-Sales Tax Law; Must File Their Returns On Tenth Of Each Month."  The Kent News, 11 May 1935.

30. Gross Receipts Tax Bill (1936)

31. "Gross Sales Levy Only Hope In State For Funds Relief." The (Annapolis) Evening Capital, 12 April 1935.

32. Annual Report of the Comptroller of the Treasury of the State of Maryland for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 1936 to the General Assembly of Maryland.

33. Special Session of the General Assembly of Maryland, 22 April 1937.

34. "Session Is Adjourned Early Today; Pin-Ball Machines Legalized." The (Annapolis) Evening Capital, 7 May 1937.

35. "Doubt Bill Will Raise Relief Fund." The (Annapolis) Evening Capital, 8 May 1937.

36. Annual Report of the Comptroller of the Treasury of the State of Maryland for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 1938 to the General Assembly of Maryland.

37. Maryland Manual 1939. Francis Petrott, Secretary of State, 1939.
 

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