Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-02-01

Thursday, Of last week . party OF ST.
Mary's gentlemen visited Annapolis and
were given an opportunity Of seeing and
reading Senator Wilkinscn's proposed
"Road" and aBond" bills. The provisions
Of the Road Bill are correctly reported in
the issue Of the BEACON, Of January 25th,
uliimo.
THE BOND BILL
was also mentioned In that issue end it,
main features correctly stated. The follow
ing embodies the details Of the Bill:
The county shall issue $4,000 of bonds.
said bonds 10 be in sums Of not less than
800 nor more than $1,000. The bonds are
to draw interest at 5 per cent payable
January 1, and July / Of each year, and
are to run for 30 years. The bonds are to
be sold ut public auction and for not less
than par. The money realized from the
sale Of said bonds Is 10 be applied TO the
payment Of the current expenses Of the
county In order that the financial affairs Of
said county, may, a. far Is practicable. be
put upon cash bssis. The Commissioners
are required TO levy The interest on said
bonds each year and at the levy CO 1904
and at each annual levy thereafter shall
levy $1,000 which said sums when collected
shall constitute sinking fund for the re.
demption Of the bonds. The first $1,000 of
county taxes collected In each of the several
years shall be set apart for such sinking
fund and for immediate investment ind
shall not be diverted under penalties. and
the said $1,000 shall be q first lien on the
levy. The money SO collected shall be in.
vested in U. 8. Bonds, State Bonds, City of
Baltimore Bonds ana County Bonds for the
credit Of the sinking funds. Money to be
deposited in National Bank. The County
Commissioners are to have discretion to
cancel bonds. The bonds and coupons are
TO be signed by the President of the Board
Of County Commissioners and the Clerk or
Treasurer, and the holders of bonds are to
be permitted TO pay their taxes with cou-
poss, &c.
THE STATUS OF THE Bills
The Road Bill has been read 3 second
time and Is now to be called up for third
reading and final passage.
The Bond Bill has not yet had its second
reading and 10 open TO amendment.
THE DELEGATION.
The delegation which left the county for
Annapolis was composed as follows: John
w. Williams and Robert Reeder, of the 9th
district; g. Douglas Carpenter and Webster
B. Herbert, Of the 4th; James J. Greenwich,
b. Harris Camaiier and Francis V. King,
Of the 3rd. 1t was thought that the bills
were 10 be called up Friday and so but
little time was given to get up delegations.
Had time been ample to send out notifica-
tons ST. Mary's would likely have turned
out in force. Arriving ct Annapolis, Sen
ator Wilkinson was hunted up and an in
terview arranged. He courteously received
the St. Mary's contingent in one of the
committee rooms and brought in the Road
and Bond bills for inspection. The Senator
was told that the delegation was on hand
in no spirit Of hostility to him and with no
petty captious disposition, but was at the
Capitol to ask to see and be heard on bills
which he had introduced and which pro-
posed radical changes in the financial and
road policies Of our county. The Senator
answered that as soon as he had heard that
a delegation was coming he had delayed
pressing his bills TO give it an opportunity
to be heard and proposed to 60 over the
bills with IL and discuss their different pro-
visions In the road bill he said he had
embodied the best features of the Calvert
and Charles road laws and thought II o
great advance for the better. The bill was
read and objections stated to sundry pro-
visions, some of which the Senator said
were well founded and be proposed to cure
by amendments. On the question Of the
election of the Supervisors ard the especial
objection 10 their election in the even num-
bered years, there was "hitch" and there
seeming no possibility Of Engagement, the
Senator said: shat, Of course, If contest
was determined on he would likely be
beaten but that he thought the bill was for
the best interest of the county and he would
fight for t." He said that the name of Mr..
Mattingly Swami had been substituted for
that Of Mr. w. A. Lyon in the It'll district
and with that exception the bill was iden-
teal with the copy before US His attention
was called 10 the proposition to put the
county on a cash basis and that the tax
payers who were 10 meet the bonds sooner
or later had been shown no favors in the
decrease Of expenditures, but that on the
contrary the bill before rs proposed TO
raise the pay Of road supervisors from $1.25
as at present to $3.50 per day. He said
$3.50 was not too much. He asked Mr.
King If he (Wilkinson) would send the
BEACON q communication calling mass
meeting 20 consider the bills would IL be
published. He was told, "certainly"
Then he asked would the sense Of the mass
meeting b considered binding upon us
Mr.. King replied that he could only answer
for himself and that If it were to be meet
ing oftaxpayersh he would be bound thereby
The discussion throughout was good
humored and pleasant