The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-01-14


own hands; driving about after work.
men, &C., at our own expense: and all
for the per cent commissions; and then
at the outcoming, 1.-THE levy not having
been sufficiently We paid 5000 out Of
our own pocket, which the county had
the US, of 10 months. This is the extent
OF our connection with 3 per cent COM
missions. We received IN 4 years S75.-
10 cents; no competent man, we allege,
would hav" done the outdoor work inn
posed on US Tor that sum; so that, in
fact, our commissions bore only the
name, and were substantially nothing
And further, every cent we got as com
missions was included in the levies
made. True, no particular sum was
levied in our name, any more than IN
the name of carpenter, mason or pain
ter; all being included in the aggregate,
the books IN the Office showing how d.
vlded and dIsbursed.
Now, let tbs examine the proprietv of
the per cent commission on tho rail.
road money:
On the l4th of May, 1853. H. Nc
Cnllough Esq, reported to the Commits
sloners that he had received $12, ZOO from
the Railroad Co. and that, after deduct.
ing $1,000, for the balance of remunr:.
alton for his services, he had deposited
$4,000 in the chesapeake Bank of Bal.
tirors. to be paid upon the order of the
Board. On the 18th of May-the day
previouS-tlle commissioners had agreed
with Mr.. J. }. r. Poole for the build
ing OF the Aims House, the payments TO
be made in sums of from $1,000 tc ST.
900. Now, what business had the clerk
with the par: OF that money to lie paid
to Mr.. Poole. Would any body of men
with right views of justice and right
with right views Of common business
transactions--have drawn that money
out of bank, and placed 1t into the hands
Of another party, when the only conse-
quence to result was that that party
should retain for his own use $50 out of
every $1,000
Not only was that money uselessly
and er' cnsirc/y drawn and put in the
hands of third par,y-but the first
payment made to Mr.. Scott was 1000
precisely double the amount of his
bond as Treasurer TO the Comm sSioner<;
and he had, also, when lie received i
some 900. This 1000 is charged in
his account on the 2ls, of May; on.the
2itl-three DAYS after, hp credits himself
with $4,000 paid to Mr.. Poole, on which
he was allowed 500 mmission-oni
$50 day. We presume every business
man will agree that Mr.. Poole should
have been paid by, checks on the Bank
II a Wilmington Bank suited him better,
the funds could easily have been trans.
f-rred thIther. Such checks would have
been as good as bank notes and he would
not have hestaed about receiving them.
But the late Board were so kind to he
late clerk. TO whom they had already
given, contrary to right and precedent,
$500. extra salary,) as to torce-unnat.
urally in business view-the Aims
House money into his hand>; thus to
leave sticking to them some $225, and
for no other purpose so far as we can
see. Trul y, this seems not only like rob.
blng the taxpayers, but good deal like
robbng the paupeTs.
Why I! had it been proper to place it
in the clerks hands, 3 per cent on so
great a sum, with which there was so
little trouble, (not the trouble of bond.
ing event. was an inordinate commits
sion. Think of it /! We hard working,
tax-paylng farmers When you save a
800 and put it at interest you can get
in SIX months on your own hard earned
money, what another man is made to
get in three days-and on whose mon.
ey why on your money, too 1t is
notorious that there are persons who
procure money for borrowers and write
all the necessary papers to secure it to
the lender, for one per cent. But here
we pay 3 per cent on thousands upon
thousandS-under the circumstances
shown above. So ends this chapter on
three per cents.
PoRr DEroslr IrEMs.-On Wednes.
day correspondent writes that gen.
eral breaking up of the ice was antici-
pated and that fears were entertained for
the safety of property along the river.
As some boys were stonIng each 9TH
er, in playful mood, few days ago,
colored boy was struck on the head and
his skull fractured, from the effects of
which he died on Wednesday.
The P, w., & B. R. r. Co., are now
selecting a suitable locality for the
branch railroad from Perryville to Port
Deposit.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CELEBRATION AT
NORTH EAsT.-We have overlooked the