Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1886-04-16
County Commissioners.

Editor Sentinel Whereas frequent com.
plants have been made against the Board Of
County Commissioners in regard to grant.
ing pensions to certain needy parties, we
can safely say that not one pension has ever
been granted to any party unless said party
was recommended by petition from the citi-
zens and taxpayers OF the neighborhood in
which said parties reside Now il there is
any one, who at the time when such pen
sion was granted, was so destitute as to be
without any means of support and have suf-
| ficiently recovered as to be able to earn a
support, without aid from the county, we
would ask of such taxpayers, those who
have any knowledge of the fact, to make it
known to the Board of County Commits.
sioners by petition or otherwise. And If any
deaths or removals from the county occur
the trustees should make such facts known
to the County Commissioners. 1t is not to
be supposed that the Board of County Com.
missioners know the condition of any of
those parties, or Il very few of them, and we
take it for granted that when q petition
comes before us with the signatures of the
very best citizens We have, we think the
party is certainly in need of assistance or
else their names would not appear on said
petition, therefore we grant said pensions
and get the credit of it, when the response.
bility actually rests with those who have
put their names to said petition. We think
1t right and proper that the poor and at
fiicted should be cared for but petitions
should come only when the parties are ac-
tually in need of assistance not merely sign
ing petition without knowing whether or
not the said parties are in actual need of
maintenance by the county. Then if that
should be done there would be no cause for
censuring the Board of County Commits.
sioners, as we never grant pension with
out first obtaining a petition from the neigh
bors of he.applicant, and no blame should
be attached to the Board Now, rs we said
before, any petition coming before the Board
protesting against any party receiving
pension, who may not be entitled to such,
will receive prompt attention.
II has also come TO the knowledge of the
Board that many of the Road Supervisors
have been working the roads with half
grown boys and charging full price for
days work. II such be the case, we say
hereafter we will pay only half price for
those under sixteen years OF age, as they are
not able 10 do Il full days work, and further,
where supervisor uses a pair Of horses TO
a pillow and changes them to scoop, will be
paid only for the work of one team.
There has been complaint made TO the
Board in regard to bills paid for vaccinating
paupers. The law on this subject, article
25, section s, says:
For every child vaccinated whose guar
dian or parents are too poor to pay for the
service the County Commissioners shall pay
to the physician performing the service the
sum of fifty cents for every such case on
presentation of such account duly authenti-
Gated by an affidavit setting forth that the
service was performed, and that the parents
or guardians are unable to pay for said ser
vice"
Sec. 0. at shall be the duty of every prac-
ticing physician in this State to vaccinate all
children in the circle of his practice which
may be presented to him for vaccination, and
shall vaccinate all other persons who shall
request such service from him." &c.
The law does not say the physician should
hunt or look for these cases. The County
Commissioners have never paid bill that
was not authenticated in accordance with
the above law.
BY order Of the BOarl:
Jos A. fancy,
Clerk to County Commissioners.
April l3. 1886,