Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1869-03-12

graQeO from the CharleS county line 10 tne fO-
tomac river, then one-fourth of the amount
say, $43, 750-shall be subscribed; and when
the balance of the road is graded to the river
the second instalment-say, $43, 75O-shall be
subscribed; and when one-fourth of the rails
shall be laid, then another fourth shall be sub
scribed; and when one-half the rails (from the
Charles county line to the river) shall be laid,
then the balance of the amount shall be sub
scribed; and that the route shall be left to the
discretion of the Board of Directors of the said
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad; provtded,
that the work on said road shall be commenced
forthwith and prosecuted to a speedy conclu-
sion.
Mr.. V. BRENT then offered the follow
ing resolutions as substitute for the
whole:
Resolved, blythe people of Charles county in
Convention assenn .ssled, that the County Com
missioncrs be anu uSAey are hereby requested, to
direct the TresstXsf the State to subscribe
that portion o. kSdS Internal improvement
Fund.- allotedI nRpnty, under Section
a. Article 8, of the o. tuition, and the Act
of 1868, chapter to the Baltimore and Po-
tomac Railroad Company, on such terms, and
with such limitations as will secure the expen-
diture of said fund within the limits Of this
county, and the speedy completion OF the road
to the Potomac river.
RESOLVED, That it is the sense of this Conven-
ton, that it would be unwise in the County
Commissioners to designate any particular
route over which said railroad should pass,
but the selection of the same should properly
be left to the Board of Directors of said road.
On motion, the question upon the reso-
lutions was postponed until Saturday, the
Goth instant.
At the request of their respective dele
cations, the resolutions adopted at the
primary meetings in the Sd and 7th elec-
ton districts were read by the Secretary,
as follows:
Third District Resolutions.
Resolued, That whilst we, of the Third Elec-
ton District, feel deep interest in the con-
struction of the Baltimore and Potomac Rail-
road, and will favor any and all reasonable
measures to advance this enterprise, yet, are
we opposed to any action on the part OF the
County Commissioners looking to an appro-
priation of the fund granted by the last Legis-
lature to this object or any interference with
said fund at present for any purpose whatever.
Resozued, That we would prefer, if expedi-
ent, that our members of the next Legislature
endeavor to get the law so amended that our
part of the 'Internal Improvement Fund, " to
wit: $175, 900, may be appropriated or invest
ed Gin the name and behalf" of the county in
stead s'of the State" as is the case under the
present law. The interest on this amount,
properly and judiciously used for county pur-
poses, would Tighten taxation and afford mate
rial relief to our people generally.
| Resolved, That our County Commissioners
should not, acting in their official capacity,
express preference for any particular route of
the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, because
they cannot in any manner control the route,
and if they could, it would be unjust, acting
for the whole county, to discriminate in favor
of one section against another. The stock
holders alone will select such route as may best
suit their pecuniary interest, let US then not
make this sbone Of contention"
RESOLVED, That whilst, as private citizens,
we may prefer one route to another, we never
rllesess hail wzish nnfei satisfaetiAn
the coming of the road, and the advent of the
"iron horse" in and through our good old
county, be the route where it may; and that
we are gratifed to hear our friends of the
eastern section of the county have a fair pros
pect of railroad through their section to Point
Lookout.
Seventh District Resolution
Resolved, That the delegation be instructed
to declare, in general Convention, against the
disposition, by the County Commissioners, of
any portion Of the money aforesaid to any
chartered railroad company, until it is known
to them, beyond the possibility Of doubt,
that their road will te constructed through
Charles county; and further, that it is the
wishes of the people of Pomonkey district to
have such aid as shall be in the power of the
County Commissioners te bestow, given to the
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company, in
preference to the Point Lookout Railroad Com
pany, for the reason, that the construction of
the former road through Charles county will
advance the interests of far greater number
of our citizens.
On motion of DR.. MUD, the people Of
the 9th election district are requested to
appoint delegates to represent that dis
trict in the Convention, when it meets on
the Goth inst.
Capt. SAMUEL Cox, on behalf of the Bal
timore and Potomac Rail Road. and Mr..
J. T. MUDD. followed BY Judge GARD1-
NER, on behalf Of the Southern Maryland
Railroad, very ably and earnestly set forth
the claims of the respective roads.
Several extracts from letters written by
the President of the Bait. and Potomac
R R. Co. were read to the meeting by
Capt. Cox-all giving the most encourag
ing prospect Of an early completion of the
great enterprise to the Potomac river.
On motion of Judge JENKINS, the Con-
vention adjourned until Saturday, the