The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-03-08
EIKTnN. Fob. o1th. 1872

over:
ErHToN, Feb. 9th, 1852
Nh. EnIroR In your remarks in reply
to ~ Tax Payer" last week. YOU use the
following: " We have requested permission
to SAKE transcript of the minutes of every
meeting (or the County Commissioners }
- for Pubt;cat.nn. but our rcducSt has alrays
been denicd.' The italics are mine.
The phrascology here implies frequent
or repeated applications, and dcnials and
without reference to the concluding sentence
of the paragraph III whichit occurs, conveys
all impression not warranted by the facts
as think yen msst adjust upon due rc!!cc
ton.
Assuming that You refer to application
made to me, Il have heard of no othcr) |
have hut 10 say. that diStintly rccollrct the
oniy instance. which was quite recent, when
the matter of a fuH report ofslle proceedings
was the subject of conver4i.ti.a between us.
lou then referred to the fact thar, formerly
more or less of the proceedings !,ad been
published in The Hhig, in much the same
language used by your Rising Sun CORES
pondcnt, and | suggested that, ~ much of
the proceedings was but Il record ct the
examination and passage Of Individual
accounts for work ON roads. Collectors: and
other accounts, Il full report from the minu
ties would be Of very little, if any public
interest. 1t was thus question. simply and
only, as | understood it, of what portion of
the minutes would constitute readable mat.
ter for the Locals = of The Whig.-
That may have judged incorrectly in regard
to this matter, am free to admit, but was
under the impression that you conceded
with those views, from the fact that, to the
best of my recollection the subject of .tmil
report has not, since then, been alluded to
by you, when you have called on me for,
and procured such Ylen oranda of the pro-
cecdings as were deemed of public impor-
lance. j. S. CRAWFORD.
The above explanation by the Commits,
sioncrs Clerk, Mr.. J. S Crawford, whom
we consulted about publishing the minutes
of the meetings of the Board, leads to the
belief that we laborcd under n misunder-
standing of the matter. While we at least
intended to inquire if the publication of the
proceedings in full would be agreeable to
the rules of the board, Mr.. G.. understood
us as consulting him as to the interest the
matter contained i'll the proceedings would
have for the public. We certainly had no
such II thought as that, but prefer submit
ting that question to the public. He having
spoken adversely of the project, and at the
same time giving some reasons why they
should not be published as suggested, we
very naturally concluded this to be bar to
all further requests on that point, not doubt
ing that it was a rule of the board. There
was no reflection intended on Mr. Crawford
whatever.
The phraseology complained of in the
former part of the above note, was not
intended to convey the idea that we had
mportuned the board repeatedly, or inces-
sanity for the privilege Of reporting its pro-
cecdings, but the case having been disposed
of in the manner stated, we very naturally
concluded the matter settled, not only for
that one specified time, bnt for all others,
and consequently Arrays.
We are happy, however, to learn that no
prohibition to publishing the proceedings
regularly, exists, and if this be the state of
the case, will endcavor to publish those
parts of the proceedings of the Commission
crs in future that we think will be of interest
to our readers.
We publish another letter this week from
cone Of the People," taking the same
view of the subject i'll point ofrublic interest
that Tax Payer" does, and doubtless such
is the sentiment of the majority Of the pro-
perty holders Of the county.