Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1892-01-14
TAXPAYERS MEETING.


On motion, it was decided to recommend
70 the County Commissioners that the
amount allowed Physician to Almshouse
and jail and Secretary TO County Board of
Health be reduced TO $125.
III was decided TO recommend Legislative
enactments fixing salaries Of Judges of the
Orphans Court at $50 per annum. and Of
the States Attorney at 5000 per annum.
The report Of Messrs Giles +. Dyer and
Z. A. Graef, subcommittee on the Clerks
Office follows:
To pay the Clerk Of the Circuit
Court fixed salary OF $1,000.
To pay his assistant a fixed
salary of 5000.
The Clerk shall charge and collect all
lawful fees. and shall on the first Monday
in each and every month pay over TO the
County Treasurer all tae fees collected
during the preceding month. The Clerk
shall also give to County Treasurer with
each payment an itemized account of the
tees as collected which shall be correct
copy OF correctly kept accounts. In case
there be no collections of fees during a
month q written statement to that effect
shall be sent TO the Treasurer.
The report was adopted.
The following recommendations were
also adopted:
IL To reduce the number Of Grand
Jurors to 10.
q Toprovide for an annual examine
ton of the county financial affairs by
competent parties sworn to have no fear or
/ favor.
81 That our representatives in the Gen.
eral Assembly be asked to urge the passage
OF an act to tax mortgages.
1t seemed the opinion of the Committee
that the Register of Wills received but a
small amount from his Office and no legis
lation was recommended for him. 1t was
thought that unless absolutely necessary
administration on deceased estates should
not be forced.
Col. John F. Dent and Mr.. Joseph II.
Key submitted a report, which was adopt
ed, recommending a non-salaried Board of
Charities to have charge of the Almshouse
and pensions. This report also highly
commends the colored beneficial societies
in the different districts for their efforts to
relieve their poor.
| PROPOSED ROAD LAW EPIToMIZED.
Three road commissioners to be appoint
ed by the Governor and to receive salary
of $50 per annum. They are TO appoint a
foreman for each election district who,
before the LIST day Of April, shall ride over
and inspect the public roads of his district
and report their condition TO the Commits
sioners and advise with them how the
roads are to be mended, where they are TO
be widened and the order of time in which
the work is to be done Each foreman
shall employ regular road gang of able
bodied men-not less than three or more
/ than five--to work with him on the pub
| TIC rOauS OF ITS uIsJTTCT, -n,5~yr,
accurate account of the hour at which each
laborer begins work, the number of hours
made, shall be present with his "gang" the
entire time directing and assisting them,
and, at every monthly meeting of the road
commissioners shall submit Lis account and
make oath that il is true statement. By
and with the order of the road commission
ers he may hire teams and implements
necessary for his road work, and in his
monthly statement shall report everything
hired by him during the month, from
whom hired and the sum agreed to be paid
therefor. If the said foreman shall fail to
faithfully perform the duties required of
him he shall be dismissed from his position
by the road commissioners and forfeit the
pay then due him for his services.
The Board of road commissioners shall
meet at Leonardtown on the second Tues
day of every month except of December,
January and February, at which meetings
they shall examine the accounts of the
foremen, compute the number of days they
and their laborers have made on the roads,
allowing in the computation ten QO) hours
for days work and twentysix days for
u month;and shall deliver to the foreraen
and each laborer an order, signed by at
least two of the said board, on the county
Treasurer for the amount which may be
| found due each as aforesaid; and at the
said monthly meetings, any person having
laims for hire of implements or teams for
- on roads shall present same to road
oor,r'; ioners, swear to its correctness.
and II aIINEed, it is TO be paid as are other
road accounts The road commissioners
shall also examine Che work done on the
roads.
The county commissioners shall levy on
the assessable property ofhe county such
sum as the road commissioning shall notify
them in writing will be required for keep
ing in repair the roads of the county for
one year, not, hewever, to exceed The sum
of six thousand dollars. and the said notice
must be given the county commissioners
before they meet TO make the annual levy.
There shall be kept by the road commits
| sioners and the Treasurer an account show
ing the number, date and amount Of every
order drawn by the road commissioners on
the Treasurer as aforesaid, and in the an
nual published statement of the county
expenses it shall be made TO clearly appear
what sums Of money have been expended
on the public roads.
The work on the roads shall begin on the