The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-02-28
Citv Limits Extension.
NEAR WAvERLY, BALTIMORE County, MD

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February 22d, 1874.
Messrs. Editors Of Union will you allow me
space in your valuable paper to notice an article
in the american Of the 2lst inst, headed Getty
Extension ?" The article gives the new bounda-
ries very accurately, and concludes with the fol-
lowing language:
ssThe General Assembly can hardly refuse TO
submit the matter to a vote, and the contest will
be in the election. Unless there should be some
unreasonable perversity of mind in the residents
of the territory to be annexed, or great fraud
in the election, the result cannot be doubtful"
How the writer can draw such conclusions is
difficult to understand. In the first place there
has been no petition from the bona Jtide residents
of the much coveted district to the Legislature
asking for this annexation; and in the second
place the miserable management of the Jones'
Falls improvement, the enormous expenditures on
the City Hall, and lately the re-division of the
wards, with many other acts of useless expendi-
ture of the public monies, certainly does not pre-
sent very inviting prospect for the suburban
residents. Jefferson is credited with saying that
Large cities are great political sores" The
history of the large cities of the Union prove his
words to be correct. The wisdom of the Legis-
lature, will, have no doubt, keep these evils
within their present limits If that body will
pass an act to allow the County Commissioners
to have their own police force, with a station
house at central point-say York Road with
a magistrate residing at the station, so that Of
tenders of the peace could be Immediately ex-
amined, and not compel officers making those
arrests to take their prisoners such long distance
firmly believe that many residents of the city
would prefer the suburbs for their homes.
Being native of the city, with over thirty
years residence, feel as deep interest in her
welfare as any of her citizens. The adoption or
rejection of this anne xation scheme will not in
jure her commerce single vessel or diminish her
trade single iota.
Allow me to refer TO the manner of collecting
taxes in the county and in the city. l called, a
few days ago, at the County Commissioners office
to pay my taxes for 1872 and 1873. No addi-
tional cost was charged for the two years.
have the agency for some city property. called
at the Collectors office in Baltimore, Feb 10th,
1874 TO pay the taxes for 1873. Although it
was only forty three days after the lst OF jan.
1874, an additional charge was made of seven
dollars and eighty cents for not having been paid
on the first of the year. Over the face of the bill
was printed the words: eff this bill is not paid
on or before the LIST of Jan, 1874 the charges for
distraint will be added to the BILL" No dstraint
had been made, however. suppose these extra
charges are some of the benefits of this scheme.
hope the residents of the suburbs will examine
this subject carefully. Once adopted, it cannot
be repealed. Taxes will be increased three fold
without bringing a single benefit that cannot be
had wthoutit. Property will depreciate in value
in proportion as taxes increase.
1t cannot be possible that the members of the
Legislature from the counties will approve Of this
scheme when the residents of the districts have
net asked for it. INFLAMMATION.