The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1869-12-25
Another Proposed DiUisiom cf the
COunfU.


Poor Baltimore county Certainly she -
menaced with difficulties aud disiniegrations
alarming in the extrcme. First, we have the
removal Of the court house advocatcdi thcn,
Baltimore city modcstiy demands two miles oi
our territory around the city, and from a COIN
munius ton In tho Howard County Record OF
Saturday last We take tho following:
PaoPosEp ASxExArioS.
Ill.essr carr, baltimore cssa;S,;
prc., f6th, 1868.
Among the many questions TO L. Submitted TO The
consideration o. tie sss; 'rEtsstars nose msIs IN
counties than The proposed annexation TO the lnisae
tlon Of the fsravr % csrtsa sTdery nov Included "
thr boundaries Of the latter county. Dor seme years
,ast this aarsslan he. sss.a rnsesse the attention
large portion Of the eiilHrn. q" Tits section OF HIATT
more county bst AGGRESSIVE ftslaturcs have hssn
allowed % assemble aud ~! sithent any action
being taken ascertain ts ~ the reoplc diFrtuy
% our m .rnt Constisaiion XIII. SIC. the duty
of the Legislative pe aTtmrt - trEaTd 10 The creation
ofnew counties aud changing y" boundary inss eisa
aeten the part u thosr Immediately concerned 70
have this question brought to the attention q our
Representatives The opposition heretofore manifested
on the part OF the ist 2nd aud 18th Districts Of bai
county to the proposed change Of the boundary
line between the two counties, 40 fesi confident la.
Materially dmiaIshed within the past two years and
ne knev Of many who were mos, determined 10 this
opposition Who nov freely aamit the many advantages
10 be rsasd particularly by those residing Within the
boundaries Of the above named plsfles Eilcot city,
vita The iImlis o. ~ msn,sp,i ansas,,on var.S 70
| central Capital rown of . noarlshlnE and growing
county Jas,les. after the manner Of the Institution o.
Engiands earliest and greatest iawGiyeF, would b.
bFoush home 10 the door % every man aud people
would not s subjected 10 the inconyearnc of travelling
from aftrcn TO twenty miles, almost impassaelr
roads, 10 obeienc~ 90 the ehcsts
| calling them 20 the ecaniy seat,
in spPeais from Justices Of the Peace frequently In
sovng most trivial amounts n suits nsitstrd To- tbs
county court, In all arisn. In the admpslTatlon
u criminal yasice In the mal,itafieas matters
nretea with the settlement 81 estates arising Va ~
Orphans court, In the constant applisa tons aud ll
tlsns made 10 the Hoard u county commissioner Ia
the almost daily occurrences rvndeTng u necessary
visit the Clerks Oes OF couny-saitsrs witnessss
and the people generally Of those Districts subjected
~. .ss. 40. ss. s, e 'ss :". al
s..s.a s.any " The e:n,smplaisd sh,nas q
eoasty voaid be nearly two hold augmented. and Il
cannot ev doubted that andcT the present
msnt the taxes would b. lower than the present tate /,
our county, while baltimore would s,llI ,,m.ir
one othe weathest aad most populuus counties ia th
state We weuld respectfully suggest that the friend
o. hs movement ~ once issue call for the
the Districts q baltimore ceunty construed and tr liz
voters Of Howard county To assemble in their
hiesuen District To select ten delegates from each bis
tret 10 meet In convention Ecot Cty at AZ earl,
day, and thu, the msmr. Of the next sisatafc non
The ~ eoantles ~ Invited 10 Klte the an,
gsapr theis visws regard proposed change
In this manner the iOnEsd talked Of movement NiI a.
sumo shalr aud fgrm the whole question eau b. 0.lI,
ventilated, the boundary line. can be uore eapisl,
and PFccissiy designated, AMI memorial TO The eet.a
tate TrtAfca emtodyhE tbs sentiments 81 the people
fAtsrscc
The views here expressed are said to he thas,
entertained by Judge MerTck. a member elrc
I" the Legislature from Howard. and We ma,
therefore suppose that that able gentleman
( will bring the subject 10 the attention - ii,
House Of Delegates.
II VIII DO seen that many reasons are gis,t
why the proposed change should be made. bu
the get of the matter lie. IA the expr.ss,a,
that with two or three districts IT our ceant,
taken oil aud given a. Howard "Rillc,u cit,
q" would become the central capitol town o. .
e hourishing aud growing county That ia
nous city is situated Jus, On the edge %
Howard. in fact. a portion Of 1t lies m Bait
more county. and its fe.Iienis would doubles,
ike very much q have a slice II our te,.itsr,
added 10 theirs. ~ that their county seat ma,
lay sotne claiins - being ia the gcograghi,A
centre OF the county. Tho people Of Eilicol,
decidedly object to the removal e: the cour
house Ia any other iocat "a ia tie cauuty. aua
lest the people Vi tEe county might dsmaud
this, EIs eilori - made T. get from us ayaiua
Die portion Of our terrific. ia order that Eli,
cou's may BE- nearer the ceutFr q iAe county
The proposition Is a c''"l cue. :, ~ abe least
Of H.
But We d. rot ,hinA ,b.s The people - ,h-
hrsi, second And thirteenth districts The one.
'nstaHeei "a "fAtapsc". cenmnnie4t. Is. vii
willingly consent = thv uan.ier. W. 6.iieYe
they are sat.'iied with .he.r position 81. g pa,
ami parcel II the large ani meet gspul "a,
eoan'y IN the State. and tia, they VII ohjcc.
y being connected with any other. merely :.
a'd e''y IN as anbi.on y be great We
[ trust, ho~ever. y hear from the citizen, tie
mo't deeply ,nteres.s,l On the subject.