Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1876-01-07
The Called Meeting.

Alta Mass Meeting of citizens held in Rock
willie on Wednesday last Mr.. +. A. Tschitiely
was appointed chairman and Washington
Bow ie secretary.
The Chair stated that the object Of the
meeting was TO petition the Legislature to
pass bill authorizing the appointment OF
Treasurer for the purpose of collecting faxes
in place of Eve collectors; 10 redisirict the
county into more voting precinls and other
matters.
Mr. +. J Hall then offered the following
resolution.
Resoioed, That committee of one from each
district Of the county be appointed, to whom
shall be referred all matters of legislation that
may be suggested by this meeting relating TO
county matters.
1t was carried. and the following commit
ice appointed Messrs +. j Hall, u Wind
sor, Geo. Brewer, Capt. John MDonald, an /
VIM. II Farqnhar.
| A series of resolutions by Judge Bouic was
| then read
Resoioet, Inasmuch as crows do more good
10 man 10y devouring insects than harm by
proving on his grain, Sc. and inasnuch as
screech owls and sparrow hawks are beneficial
and not injurious 10 man. and inasmucl rs
about 81 OOn is levied and paid annually by
the tax payers OF this county for the heads Of
such friends Of man, and habits of idleness in
stead of habits of productive industry are en-
couraged, therefore all laws giving reward
for the heads ofsuch birds ought 10 be repealed
| ResoiVed, lnasmuch as it now Is being con-
tended before the Courts that public money
appropriated by law 10 charitable institutions
not under the direct control Of the Stale is so
appropriated in violation of the constitution
it may therefore with much greater reason he
asserted that public money appropriated to the
race-course at Pimlico, Rockville, and other
places, under the false pretense of encouraging
agriculture is nowise constitutional, and ought
at once to cease and all existing laws so impro-
perly wasting the people money ought 10 be
repealed as soon as possible.
RcsoiUed lnasmueh as ii is now being con-
tended in our Courts that public money
appropriated for the support of charitable
institutions not directly under the con-
troll of officers appointed by the State are in
violation of the constitution of the State. II
may with much better reason be asserted that
neither our Legislature nor Congress has any
constitutional power TO appropriate public
money in aid of the Philadelphia arrangement
for peculators-commonly called tue Ameri-
can Centennial.
Resolgcd nasmuch as the controlling in
terest in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is in
the State of Maryland and the officers Of that
Company are appointed under the ons,itul ion
and laws of the State those officers are pro-
perly 10 be considered public officers Of the
State, and their number and salaries ought TO
be regulated by law and not left TO the arbi-
trary will of those public officers who exercise
the appointing power And such compensa-
ton ought not to remain as at prescnt--out of
all proportion TO the salaries of other State Of
ficers and TO the real services and responsible
ties of the Offices.
And especially ought all perquisites and per-
sonal expenses and interest in contracts on
their private accounts or work TO he done Tor
the Company by snch officers to be prohibited
under severe penalties.
And rigid accountability for the cXpend-
lure of the contingent fund of the Com AIRY
provided for and enforced instead of the pre-
sent loose manner in which that fund is used.
Resoleed, II appears that about fifty thous-
and dollars are paid by the State TO news
papers for publishing the General Laws passed
Mt each session of The General Assembly and
it is probable that a like amount is paid by
the counties for publishing the Public Local
Laws of the counties and Baltimore city re-
spectvely, which IS Of very questionable bene
fit, and out of all proportion to the value of
the services and is in the nature OF n State
pension to papers for parlizan services, and
demoralizing in its tendency it is, in our
opinion, eniinently proper that all sucb APP
preparations of the peoples money should be
discontinued by The Legislature.
When Mr. r w Burche moved that they
be referred 10 he above committee
Mr.. Hall moved as an amendment, that such
portions of the resolutions relate 10 county
matters he so referred Carried.
Mr. Hall moved that the subject &c County
Treasurer he referred 10 The above committee
Judge Bouc offered the annexed resolution :
ReSoipea, To amend the Code so ms TO require
the County Commissioners 10 appoint but one
Collector for the con nv. whose compensation