Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-21
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The FINANCES OF THE CITY.-The annual report of
the Commissioners of Finance was yesterday pre-
sented to the Council from which it appears that the
stock debt, which, on the first of November, 1865
was Sl7 6lS 4S0 has been increased by issues for
the bounty loan exempt from city and State tax
S3l996777 consolidated loan of 1s93 $96 1879 OF; park
improvement stock $9l9 II; amshouse loan $685.
1924; water stock, $1OOOO0 making total increase
of 81 106l55S.S5.
School COMMISSIONERS OF BALrmoRE CIrY.-The
following is a copy of the 1st section of supplement
ary ordinance offered in the Second Branch of the
City Council yesterday, in reference to the appoint
ment of school commissioners for the several wards
in the city.
Be 1t enacted dld ordained BY the Mayor and City
Council Of Baltimore, That there shall be appropra-
ted in the month of Januarynex by the two branches
OF the City Council in convention assembled, one
commissioner of public schools from each of the
raj wards of the city cf Baltimore, and the said COM
missioners shall the day of their first meeting of
the said appointment determine by ballot so that
nve commissioners shall serve for year, five for
two years. five for three years. and five for four years.
and annually thereafter five commissioners shall be
elected tor four years. PrOutded that if any commits
sioner shall remove from the ward for which he was
elected, before the expiration of his time, then his
place IN the board shall be declared vacant and also
any commissioner who shall absent himself from the
regular meetings of the board, shall be reported
the Council unless such delinquency shall have been
occasloned by sickness absence from the city. The
ordinance also provides that superintendent shall
be chosen from the board who shall act as president
OF SAID board, and alao have general supervision of
| the schools.
The ordinance was read and referred to the COM
mttee on education.
The MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL CoLLEGE-An ad-
ourned meeting of the stockholders of the Maryland
Agricultural College held yesterday at the office
ofthe State Superintendent of Public Instruction on
North Calvert street, and very largely attended
over seven thousand of the eight thousand shares of
the stock being.represented. Col. VIM. II. Purnell
was called to the chair and Dr. Wharton, Register
of the College. acted as Secretary.
The action of the Legislature in changing the
charter of the college to conde its management
to Board Of eleven trustees four of whom are to be
the members of the State Board of Education: con-
| sisting Of Governor Swami. Lieutenant Governor
| Cox Rev. DR.. Van Bokkelen and Hon. Mr.. Frazier
| was considered and approved. general discussion
of the interests of the college then INDUCED in
| Dir. Pmkney, Hon. A. B. Davis, DR.. Wharton Chas
| b. Calvert, ESD, and Others making remarks
An election for trustees then held. resulting i'll
the choice of the following gentlemen Ramsey Nc
Henry, of Hartford county. 0. Ii. Williams of Bati-
more city. W. II. Purnell, of Baltimore county, Dr..
! Piukney, of Prince George county, James N. Car
Isle. of Washington city, James T. Earle of Queen
| Ann county, and Edward Lloyd, of Talbot county
committee, consisting of A. B. Davis, Charles CAL
| vert, John Merryman. W. II. Soper, and Dr. Whar-
ton was appointed TO examine into the financial and
educational condition of the college, and report the
result of their investigation at the first meeting Of
the board Of trustees which occurs on the th OF
| March.
Under the new board of trustees the plan Of con-
Quoting the college will be changed so as to embrace
in connection with agricultural, scientific and mill
tary instructions. The number of pupils in the in.
stution at present is small but large accessions arc
expected when the plans of the trustees fully
| veloped.
| ARREST OF RoBBERs-Eugene J. johnson, Chale
| Howard and George Robinson were taken into Gus.
tody yesterday by sergeant Stuck and policeman Ma
gruder. of the middle district charged with robbins
| the money drawer of Messrs. Sands and Stamm er
| dealers in feed, No. Al South Frederick street. o
about Sl9. About II o'clock in the morning the thre
parties went to the store and while one waited upol
the outside the other entered the store and pro
cceding to the counting room, of the party aske
Mr.. Sands (he only member of the firm present. Il
| shew him some oats, as he desired to make Il pur
| chase while this was being done the other part,
| managed to rob the money drawer. The party exam
ming the oats then desired card and stated that h
| would send for quantity of the grain. The three
men then all left, two of them going down and tht
other up Frederick street. Mr.. Sands soon dis
covering his loss caused the arrest of johnson VIII,
| he accused Of having committed the robbery. III
was taken to the central police station, where h,
| stdteu tudt ue was stopping at tHe Union Hotel,
corner of Pratt and Charles street Upon searching
| his person four skeleton keys were found in hi
| possession.
| Mr. Sands, in company with officer Magruder, wsn
to the hotel where they found the other two partie
and took them into custody and, taking them to th
station house, all three locked up for bearni
| before Justice Spicer. They had registered thei
| names at the hotel Eugene J. Leonard Chas Rollin
| and George Williams. The money taken from th
| firm of Messrq Sands Stammer was all recovered
| 1t will be remembered that short time since tn
counting room of MesSrS. j g. Harvey 4 Co.. corue
! of Exchange Place and Commerce street. was robbet
of about 100. and upon these parties being taken
after their arrest, to the place of business of th
| above firm. Mr.. Harvey recognized one of them q
the party who in his store at the time the robber
was committed. An investigation of the affair is ey
peced to take place to-day before the magistrate.
| The MARYLAND INSTITUTION FOR TIE INsTRUCTIuS
OF THE BLISp.-Ihe fifth annual report of this insi
tuition states that tho erection of the buidin.
| on Northern avenue between Charles street and t
| York road, is progressing rapidly as circum
| stances will admit. 1t was originally suppose
that 1t would cost $4,000, but it has been asccr
| tained since that it will require $4,000 more L
| finish it. There we're twenty-four pupils under in
struction at the close Of the previous report four
whom have left during the year, and twelve new pu
pills have been received, leaving in the institution
at the close of the thirtytwo pupils; eighteen
this number are from Baltimore city, nine from tn
several counties and five from tho District of CoIun.
bia. The Columbia Institution for the Blind :.
Washington having, by recent act of Congress. lie
come national colegefor deaf mutes, the blind il
mates of that institution have been transferred t
the Baltimore institution, where they are regarded
United States pupils, and the Washington institution
has made handsome donation of their school appa
ratus and books to its Baltimore friends. putin
them in possession OF all the most valuable book
published in the Boston type. and also some in th
Philadelphia type, the dictionary alone being veg
important work. During the the receipts by tn