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RACING LEGISLATION IN MARYLAND I BALTIMORE, lid., February IS. inder the pro-vi-ii.n- . of the racing bill, introduced yesterday at Annapolis, the racing commission is to be composed I i f three men appointed by the governor. They . will serve for sjx years, the first appointments . loin- far two. four ami mx yean respectively, - , I hat in the future the membership will lie overlapping. , The chairman is to receive a salary of ,000, ami the associate BKmhsis 14786,000. Senati r Flick also introduced a bill in Hie senate taxing tin- tracks ,000 per day and limiting the racing days to 100. It provides for an unpaid commission of three to lie appointed by Hie governor. Senator Nuttie also introduced the anti-gambUag associations bill, which i- sabstaatially the Hughes bill and is aimed to put the tracks out of existence altogether. The feeling now i- that sonic §ori of a revenue bill will go through. Tin- tracks am not averse to a fair taxation and feel such a bill would i:io a standing in mart and stabilise tin- sport. +.
