Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-13
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BALTIMORE CITY JArL.-The annual report of the
Board of Visitors to this institution, consisting of
Messrs. Thomas ii. Mules, Wilson Proctor, Thomas
Booz, G. S. Griffith and David Henderson laid be-
fore the Mayor and City Council states that the ex
penditures during tho past year amounted to $751;,
S,5qS of which 81 $50 for very ncedfu repairs to
the water fixtures in the towers Gone during the pre-
ceding year. There was collected of fees $S9i992
chiefly for the maintenance of Government prisoners
in the prison, which with the balance on hand at the
beginning of the of s. 1921, have enabled them
20 meet all the obligations at a cost to the city of lees
than the average of the annual appropriations made
for the current expenses of the prison for the last six
years. since the occupation of the jail.
Reference is made to the act of the Legislature of
1864 giving authority for the sentencing of prisoners
to the Jail for terms of six months more. instead
of the penitentiary for short terms which would ma
terially enhance their value to the institution and
promote more successful management of the work
shop department Also. to the religious exercises in
the chapel Sunday afternoon as becoming
through the efforts and energy of Messrs G. S. Grf-
fifth, W. I. Carey and others. source from which
much real good is derived. The principal items Of
the expenditures were as follows: Subsistence of
prisoners, $l239672; salaries Sl35246; repairs to
steam engine, &c. s. 29762 fuel, $3,5S1l3; reftlr-
nishing and repanng the Jail, S2O34l9 water rent,
S250; gas, $3.50, and ineidentaIs. $l,S3323. There
was received S25 600; appropriated by city, 81 COL 81
city docket, prisoner of docket, 81 40 0 United
States docket. 1927; accommodation docket, S90.GO
and for labor S65614-a balance of S225 IS being left
on hand The whole number committed to the
prison during the year was 5.614, of whom 60 have
been sentenced to the penitentiary, 20 removed 10
Towsontown for trial, Il sent elsewhere 1 died in
JAIL pardoned by the Governor, by the President
and 500 discharged by courts, Achieving 2s9 in
jail on the first of January. During the year DR..
John Il. Powell, the physician of the JAIL had 2197
cases under treatment. of whom II remain the
others having recovered or were released and sent
oway.
MEETING Or TIE BAR IN REFERENCE TO THE DEATH
OF GEORGE Z. CIYYANOND.-Them members of the Pre-
fcssion and personal friends Of Geo. Il. Cinnamond
met yesterday at o'clock in the room of the Circuit
Court. On motion &C the Hon. Judge Alexander
VIM. H Collins. Esq, appointed chairman, and
on motion of Benjamin c. Darrell, Esq. Thomas ".
Berry was appointed secretary.
BIZ. g. c. Darrell offered resolutions prefaced with
few touching remarks IN relation 10 the memory Of
the deceased. and was seconded by Robt D. Morrison
ESQ.,. who touchingy and feengiy spoke in relation
to the deceased. and was followed by j. j. Stewart
ESQ. Mr.. Collins, before putting the resolutions
spoke of the many good virtues and the character of
the deceased, and after their passage the Judge or
GefeG thew 70 be placed upon the minutes of the
Court.
The following are the resolutions:
Whereas 1t hath pleased Almighty God in His wise
Providence, to remove from midst, friend
and professional brother therefore be it resolved
The sense of this meeting that in the death Ct George
Il. Clnnamond the community mas lost q most esti-
mabo citizen, the legal profession able and zeal
Rssolvsd, That this meeting of his friends tender
to the family of the deceased their aectton&te sym
pathy, and express their heartfelt sorrow at the be-
reGyemeut they have sustained.
Ess0tOad. That the Secretary be requested to send
a copy Of these resolutions to the family of the de-
ceased.
The Chairman put the resolutions to a vote, and
after announcing their unanimous adoption, the
meeting adjourned.
A NOVEL LARGENI-TnE SurFL4 Or WATER At
Mount HoPE ASYLUM Cur ORA novel species of
larceny perpetrated in the Northwestern section
of the city Saturday night last in the removal of
pump and fixtures on Northern boundary avenue,
just beyond the city limits. from which the Mount
Hope Asylum supplied with water. The police
were made acquainted with the larceny, and on Sun
day night policeman Williamson arrested Lewis Ott
he in the act of removing the stolen property
from point near the St. Pauls Orphan Asylum on
Madison avenue, where it had been secreted until
presented for its conveyance
to the city. The prisoner confessed his guilt and i'm
plicated two other persons, Hugh Quinn and Matthias
Harvey who were arrested about clock on the same
night by Captain Cassell and Sergt. Cadwalader
They were each taken from their beds. the former
residing in Walnut alley, and the latter on the cor
Of Ross and Union streets. The parties were ar
raigned before Justice Showacre, when the pump
and fixtures valued at $50 were identified by two of
the Sisters of Charity engaged at Mount Hope Sister
Theresa Sheridan and Sister Mary 0'Connor They
stated that the occupants On SuaGay entirely
deprived of their usual supply of water, causing
much inconvenience All of the accused were then
committed to jail by Justice Showacre in default of
ball. to await the action Of the authorities of Balt
more county.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF Police COMMISSIONERS
The annual report of the Board of Police Commits
sioners composed of Messrs. Samuel Hindes Nicho-
las L, Wood. and Hon. Mayor Chapman, ex-ofiicio
has been presented to the Mayor and City Council
and contains exact detail of the operations of the
police force, expenditures, &c. The amount of re-
cepts, including the balance on hand January lst
1865, the requisitOn from the City Council and the
amount received on the uniform account, amounted
TO $685. 334S. While the whole cost of maintaining
the force including the salaries of the Commission
ers, Marshal and Deputy Marshal. detectives officers
policemen, clerks, &c. amounted to 1929, 169.43
The statement of the special fund shows the
amount of fines and costs received from magistrates
&c. to have been ST. 503S from which is taken the
disbursements of said fund, including the incidental
expenses of the several station houses the amount
paid to disabled policemen, sick funeral expenses
&e, leaving balance of 1915. u; added to which is
the United States Bonds on hand January l. 1865
and those purchased since, the whole making the
total amount Of special fund S. 175.2l The number
of arrests made during the year, the work done by
the detective department, &c. has been previously
noticed in the CONNIE, cial. The report makes yari
Gus suggestions in reference to the condition Of the
station houses they being inadequate for the require
ments made upon them. The carrying of deadly
weapons. asking for stringent laws in reference
thereto, &C. &c.
POCKET PICKED WHILE IN THE CARs.-About half
past eleven o'clock yesterday morning gentleman
named Mcintyre, who resides at Emmittsburg had
his pocket picked of Sill and number of promisso-
ry notes. while in one of the City Passenger railway
1t appears that the gentleman was en- route for
the Philadelphia depot via the Eutaw street line
and when alighting at the corner of Baltimore and
High streets, discovered that he had been robbed
and suspected well dressed young man who had sat
beside him on the way down. but who had previous
ly left the The money in an outside pocket
of his coat. Fortunately much larger amount
$500 in notes, placed in ad inside pocket and
thus escaped the notice of the thief Information of
the affair has been placed in the hands of the police
authorities but yet trace of the thief has been
discovered.
PAY OF JURoRs.-An ordinance was introduced in
the First Branch of the City Council last evening by
Mr.. Caulk, of the Seventeenth ward providing that
the jurors of the various city courts upon the presen
tation of the proper certificates in relation to their
service, shall be paid in cash by the City Register
and thus abolish the system which now prevails of
only issuing certificates receivable in payment of
taxes Under the present system those jurors who
are not often compelled to sell their