The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-05-25
County commissioner,

Road checks issued.-John Cuilum, $37 IS;
Milton Bosey, $63.55; r. p Sword, $3.50; N.
w. Gilbert, sos; Patrick Carroll, $25; Brin-
ton Warner, $41; Michael sargablc $15.25; A.
Robinson, 500. 20; James Poole, $25; W. 7.
Jones, sl0;J Polk STREET., $lS.49; Walter
Zimmerman, $50; William Glenn, $l3; Jsmes
Baird, Jr., $40; James NJ. Scarf, $23.l2; W.
II. Day, Sl56S; p. j. Scarborough, S20.96;
John A. Burkias, 81; J. L. Cullum, $47.20.
Orders on County Treasurer.-W. WHIT
Clarke s. Son, culvert pipe, $50 6s; W. q.
Clark, survey and plat, IS; Thomas 4. Ne
son, examiner on read, 81; Samuel j. &dr,
same, "A; Noah Small, almshousc account,
$l064; II. H. Black, chairman, 81; wash
Barton, same, 81; Rudolph Hartman, same, 81;
Hayward Street,, same, 81; Fred Hicks,
guarding the body of Lewis Harris, 81; GIL
bert 8. Hawkins, magistrates account, 50 20;
w. II. Knight, coustsbles account, Sl.l5;
John Ringle, almshouse account, $500.
Messrs. w. I. Clark, A. H. Straahaurh ard
Hugh A. Jones were appointed examiners OF
the "Archer Hill," road.
The report of the examiners On the O!d
Saw Mil and Rock roads, WAS received AID
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accepted,
A memorial from the Grand Jury was pre-
scented BY a committee, of that body COM
posed of Messrs A. Henry Strssbaugh, Sam
uel L. Edel and Joshua Whitaker, as follows:
To the Honorable, The County Commits
sioners of Hartford county:
We the Grand Jury, Of Har-
lord county, Md, for the May term, 1900, do,
through our foreman, recommend AID petit
lion you to offer a reward for the spprehen-
sion and conviction of the parties who broke
into Jail and took therefrom Lewis Harris,
aud subseq Gentiy iynched him. We suggest
that the amount OF the reward to be offered
be not less than one thousand dollars.
a. HENRY STRAsBAUGH,
May 10, 1900. Foreman.
May 10, 1900, Ordered to be placed on file
and copy transmitted to the Board Of County
Commissioners, Of Hartford county, with the
approval and endorsement of this court.
JAMES d. WATERS
State Of Maryland, Hartford county, to wit:
hereby certify that the aforegoing is true
| copy Of the memorial OF the Grand Jury, and
| order Of Court thereon, now on file In this
| Office. In testimony whereof, l hereunto
| subscribe my name and affix the seal Of the
/ Circuit Court for Hartford county this twenty
first day Of May, 1860.
Clerk Of the Circuit Court for Harfor County.
| The following order was passed by the
Board
srhe Board, for the present, at least, de-
| cline to offer q reward OF 81 600 for the ap-
prehepslon and conviction Of the parties who
| nrolae ito the jail and took theretrom Lewis
| Harris and subsequently lynchsd him. These
| parties are represented as being about 10 or
| Is in number, and evidently residents of this
| county, and there is no pretence that there 10
| any danger OF their fleeing from justice or
| concesling Themselves. That being the case,
we apprshsnd 1t is the drty Of our local
officers to ferret out the offenders, without
| such additional burden to the county,"
The committee on Almshouse and jail
l msde the following report:
| To the Honorable Board Of County Com.
| missioncrs:
| GENTLEMEN:
On Friday, tie eleventh, we
| made our final visit to the County institu
tons. 1t should have been made before the
1 tenth Of March, but on account OF sickness
i was delayed.
So far as we could Judge from the short
| iucumbency Of the new overseer at the Aims
| house, we were much pleased and heard
| words OF commentator for him on all sides
| which we sincerely hope may continue and
the good work OF reform so on.
i We were very sorry to note that about al
| Of our suggestions in the last report hac
failed OF your approval, even the muci
needed repairs Of outside steps, inside haius
trade and window cords, as also the VerI
much needed bedsteads, "a good pItteT!
with springs was asked for with some mat
tresseS, and the removal Of a woman VIII
should be placed in a Female home that thu
moral tone there be improved. We stii
| found there the little white girl, four yeal
of age, but were informed she was TO lie "
moved this week, together with the co'ore;
| boy about eleven years old, who much -e=d
| ~ rpf1l 1isoiDliTtinu and haitian BYamnla fhsi
he would naturally have in such q house.
We were gratified with the improvemsas 4
| the table, as the dinner we saw served locke
appetiZing and the males and females ccc,
pied different tables as should be. We we:
much pleased to see the bread being bake
i, there, believing 1t to be much bett'r for tn
inmates, and we know, great saving to In
county, II the wheat raised there be turne
, into bread.
The urgency for an assistant matron sti
remains. There was an ex inmate place
there in that capacity, but she was ncVe
/ suitable, being very weak physically as we
as mentally. House cleaning was in prt
gress. The shades at the sitting room wiz
) dows certainly make 1t much more pleasant
though it fs true, we found but few chair
there, those provided some time since bein
, Inferior, while good strong chair is rece'
, city.
We were told that the inmates now haV
milk regularly and butter twice week,
| that the product from the six cows kept o
| the farm, is used there intended. VIII
would 1t not be good thing to keep larg
milk dairy there as source of income7
8 We urge that the overseer be required
give strict account Of everything sold, 6
well as used In the institution, as thing seel
| to have been lax.
8 Tho co!ored women's department, we thin
very uncreditable for Hartford county. Thtrt.
. | six inmates recorded.
At the jail, We found all the cells empt
and believe 1t speaks well for local Option
Z while 1t remains so, of course there is Il
necessity for both arrangements spoken of.
nj. f YOUNG,
D 4. EsTELLE WILSON,
/. May 16, 1900. LETITIA ?. HULL,