The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-24

A REDUCTION OF TAXEs.-The County Com
missioners on Tuesday closed the levy for coun-
~ expenses, and the gratifying announcement
is made that the taxes this year will be about 60
cents on the 800, or twenty-one cents less than
they were last year The State tax is 1881 cents,
making total tax of 1891 cents, against 99%
cents last year. This levy of 60 cents on the
800 includes ~ cents for ordinary school pur-
poses, and 81 cents for building five new school
houses, in the third, fourth and fifth dis
tricts, in accordance with the representations Of
the School Commissioners that certain school
houses are entirely unfit for occupancy and de-
trimenal to the health of teachers and pupils.
larger amount is also levied for public
roads than was levied last year. This has been
necessary, in order to meet the expense of re-
pairing the damages to roads and bridges, caus
ed by the recent heavy rains and floods
Every claim presented against the county has
been acted on and no unpaid bills are left over
for the next levy. Nor is there one cent ofhoat-
ing debt, SO far as the Commissioners know, ex-
listing against the county.
| The school debt has all been paid, with
the exception of q, 600, which will be due next
year.
Altogether the exhibit is very satisfactory
one TO the taxpayers, and the Commissioners
deserve commentator for the prudence and
| good judgment they have shown in managing
the affairs of the county. 1t is apparent, also,
that in Hartford county, at least, the Democratic
officials have carried out the principles of econ
omy and reduction Of taxation, as laid down in
the Democratic platform of 1872 to which they
subscribed and which they adopted as their
| own
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONFERENCE.-The
! Democratic county convention, composed of
| sixty delegates ten from each election district
of the county, met at the Court House, on Mon
day, and was called to order by VIM. Young,
Esq, of the Democratic county Executive Com
mttec.
On motion Mr. Young was made temporary
President, and Ohio s. Lee and Murray Vund-
yer Secretaries of the convention.
| Mr. Young, upon taking the chair, thanked
the convention for the honor and urged harmo-
ny in the Democratic party. lie said that lie
was in favor of healing up past differences and
starting afrcsh in the race. We have an enemy
in front of us and instead of provoking we
should discourage dissensions, wheel into line
and march again to victory.
| On motion of VIM. &. Scott Il committee on
pointed, as follows
| LIST dstrict-IIoward Bateman; I'd district
Charles w. Michael; Sd district-IIenry d.
| Harlan 4th dstrict-James V. Whitcford 9Th
dstrict-Dr. d. Riley; 9th district Murray
| Nandiycr.
| Mr.. Harlan, as chairman of the committee,
reported, recommending that the temporary be
| made the permanent officers of the convention,
with the addition of one Vice President from
| each district as follows:
LIST, VIM. j. Price; I'd, James X Chesncy 3D.,
Thomas Ii. Robinson; ATT, Charles II. Street, /;
9Th, James 4. Knight; 9th, John A. Russell
The report also gave the following as the duly
| accredited delegates:
Fha Diarct.-John G. Walsh, James Coch
| ran, VIM. j. Price, James Norris, Edward
| Hooker, John ID Everitt, Howard Bateman,
Henry c. Wilson, VIM. Young and Jacob IL.
| Plowman.
Second Disirict-J. Frank Reasin, VIM. s..
| Bowman, James X. Chcsney, Oliver Hughes, l..
Cooley, Eldridgc W. Gallup, Charles W. Mich
ael, q. b. Silver, A. 1olinger and John H..
| Michael
| 1Hild Distyict.--O. s. Lee, Chas w. Norris,
Edward Ferry, Noble l.. mitchell, II. d. Harlan,
Josiah NJ Herman, Vim. q. Scott, Thomas II.
| Robinson, JAS A. Lyle and VIM. Munnikhuyscn
Fou,M DiStrict.-John d. Anderson, Jas. V.
Whteford, James II. Galley, Chas II. Street,,
| Asbury Slade, James II. Amos, DR.. 7. b. Hay
ward, Eli Turner, J. Wiley Norris and Joseph
| w. Butler.
Jones, Dr. David Riley, Jas. ". McNabb, j..
Fred. Crew, Samuel S. James, Hugh 7. Bay, E..
| c. Hopkins, c. A. l.. McCann and Laomi For
| wood
| Sirth Distict-Murray Vandiver, Jos H. Car
| yer, Matthew Reynolds, John A. Russell, f. NJ
| Farr, Thomas Young, w. II. Dobson, A. s..
Adams, Lewis Frech and d. W. Hopkins:
Nominations for five delegates to represent
Hartford county in the Democratic State Con-
yention were then declared to be in order:
Charles w. Michael nominated j. Frank Reas-
in, of the I'd district VIM. &. Scott nominated
George l.. NanBibber, of the ID district JAS.
V. Whteiord nominated james H. Galley, of
the 4th district; G. A. Mccain nominated James
s. Chenworth, of the 9Th district; Murray Van
diver nominated Hollis Courtney, Jr, of the
9Th district. They were elected by reclamation,
and instructed to fill vacancies or cast the full
vote of the county in the State convention.
| Mr. Scott offered the following resolution,
which being adopted, the convention ad-
Journed:
ReSolDed that the five delegates elected by this
| convention can be trusted and are hereby in
| structed in all matters coming before the State
convention to act with the sole view to the best
| interests of the Democratic party of this county
and Of our good old State.
Licenses Issued from the Clerks Office,