Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1892-01-07
TAXPAYERS MEETING.

bill 10 reduce fees and fix them as follows
is advisable.
For boarding prisoners per day, 40 cts.
Taking prisoner 10 Penitentiary,
House Of Correction and Spring
Grove Asylums, $500
Each additional prisoner, 1900
Taking prisoner to Frederick, 5000
Each additional prisoner, 1000
Taking prisoner 10 Almshouse, ESQ
The delivery Of election outfit could be
done at s. per district, and the receiving Of
registry by the Sheriff when returned by
election judge could be dispensed with"
After recommending further reduction
TO IS cents per day for board of prisoners
and substituting S. for 81 for delivering
election outfits, the report was endorsed.
STATES ATTORNEY:
The report follows:
81 have been unable to thoroughly Inyes-
iigate the salary Of States Attorney, not IN
dcrstanding this duty 10 have been assigned
10 me, but thinking the committee might
expect a report, | have only to suggest that
the special fees prescribed by law amount
10 about $500, the remainder is contingent
and allowed by County Commissioners.
The law now limits to 81, 900 and $50 for
counsel TO Registers Of Voters"
4. BURRoUHs.
Action on report deferred.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:
At the regular election in 1898 there shall
DC three County Commissioners elected.
The one receiving the highest number of
votes shall hold his Office for six 90 years;
the next highest for four a. years and the
lowest for two (2) years, or the terms be
determined by lot The county shall be
divided into ) Commissioners districts, 1st
70 consist Of St. Inigo's, Valley Lee, Bay
and the Island; End of Lconardtown and
Patuxcnt, and Bird Of Milestown, Chaptico
and Mcchanicsvilc
The pay Of the County Commissioners
shall be eighty dollars per year and no
mileage. The clerk 10 the board shall re-
ccrve four hundred dollars per year and be
appointed for four years. He shall give
bond in the sum Of s. for the faithful
performance of his duties, VIII tch shall in
cludecustodian ofthe Court House grounds,
&c. The messenger shall be appointed ev-
cry two years, who shall be present at ev-
cry meeting of the Board at their regular
office and shall have the Circuit Court
room in proper order for the meeting of
said Court and shall receive the sum of fiji
ty dollars per year.
The County Commissioners shall close
their levy at the first meeting in April and
shall sign the same not later than the 10th
of June in each and every year.
The clerk shall deliver the books of each
district TO the Treasurer on or before the
first day of August in each year.
JOHN +. BALLENGER,
BENZ. ]. SHERMANTINE
the report was approved.
PENSIONS:
1t was moved and carried that a commit
tee of two be appointed TO DRAFT features of
an act establishing a non-salaried Board of
Charities for st. Mary's county, which shall
have charge of the Almshouse and Pen
sions. Col John F. Dent and Joseph II.
Key were chosen the committee.
LIQUOR LICENSES:
We find there are i01 liquor licenses is
sued in our county for 1891. We find by
careful and very low estimates that each of
these licensed places average about ST.
SlS.1S, and there being 10l them, amount
ipgr in a-ph IN tho ip1ntanca If
$lS2, 1876 3G. This traffic causes three
fourths Of the crimes committed in our
county. 1t helps TO fill our Jail, peniten-
tary and almShouse and causes one-halfor
two-thirds of our pensioners TO be on our
pension list, amounting at this time to So
orr IS. We also find by careful estimates
that this liquor traffic is very heavy on the
taxpayers for trying criminal cases, sheriff
fees, board of prisoners State witnesses,
Justice of Peace, Constables, Pensions,
Hospitals and Almshouse, &c, amounting
to 1921, 16-we may say $4,000.
The State gets all the revenue and the
county pays all the expenses.
Under these considerations we would
suggest the liquor license of St. Mary's
county to be not less than 800 for manu-
featuring and retail in quantities not less
than one.eighth of one gallon Tor one pint,
hotel or ordinary licenses $150-one-fourth
of said license to go 9th te State and the bal
ance, or three-quarters, 10 be paid over TO
the county Treasurer or County Commits
sioners for use of the county. Also, all
persons applying for liquor license in st
Mary's county shall appear before the
Clerk of the Circuit Court, with three rep
utable persons and taxpayers, who shall
be over 81 years of age, and they shall live
or reside within two miles of the place
where the liquor is In be sold by the party
applying for said license; and the party or
parties applying for such license shall give
bond mot less than $2OOl with such persons
as above named; and conditioned that they
will keep an orderly place, and that they
shall or will not sell TO minors under 81
years of age or TO persons that are drunken
or staggering under the influence of alec.
holic liquors, or on Sunday or Sabbath
day. All persons violating these laws
shall be fined not less than $50 or more
than 800 fer the first offense and double
the fine for all offenses after the first Of
tense, with Imprisonment at the discretion
of the Court. We believe il would reduce