The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-06-01

and assistance of the Geological Survey
Commission Division of Highways" aud
every one, who has looked into it, knows
this advice and assistance is given free
and is it an iniquty to get assistance and
technical information, which ordinarily
costs great deal? can any sensible per
son think so or does this learned editor,
think his Commissioners or supervisors
know more than the United States Geo
logical Survey?
Probably he does. He winds up with
advice to the people to disregard or VIC
late law let it alone for the present year;
he might have said give our poor super
visors another chance" let us keep this
money in orr hands a little longer and
don't take all Of the dessert from our
dinner" and he says wait and put some
sense in the next time and do the people
know why? There might be u House of
Delegates which could be dictated to and
then business men would only have one
year to work on the roads; but if they are
appointed now they will have two years
anyhow. He talks big in the start,
threatens and finally hcgs. The point
he attempts to make that lit would appear
to be extremely doubtful if it was intended
that its application should begin until after
the expiration of the present road year
is very remarkable one i'll the face Of the
fact that the legislature says in plain Ian
guage it shall take effect from the Date
of its passage, and certainly such sorhlstrE
a this can deceive no one.
He calls attention to the fact
that the Road Commissioners are not
required to give bond for a cent agree
they ought to give bond under ordinary
circumstances; but when | remember that
the Act of 1892 put $so,oe0oo in the hands
of the County Commissioners to disbursc
and required no bond and when | con
stantly see money drawn out of the
Trcasurcrs hands by the County Com
missionerS, who do not give bond, and
put in the hands Of one member Of the
board, subject to his check, no does not
give bond, it don't lie in the mouth of
this editor or his Commissioners to crit
else an act which requires the money to
be deposited in the name of all three
Road Commissioners and be drawn by
the check of all, when the Act of 1892
required only the check of the ma GRITTY.
There is Il plaintive side to it. When he
says the Commissioners are placed in an
embarrassing position" it appeals to cur
sympathy; it must have been embarrassing =,
At their first meeting the boss in l.
room at the hotel sending his satellites
after the Commissioners to come to his
room (as we are told J; some of them
governed by the deep tilial affection of
brothcrly love some of them at sea as to
what the Commissioners would DO in ap
pointing trustees and then there was the
editor OF the Times getting the printing
of Local Laws, with the fact starring
these poor Commissioners in the face that
his paper has probably smaller crcuIa-
ton than four other papers in the County
and one of them of the same political
faith.
1t was embarrassing and I would sug
gcst to the editor that he include i'll his
next issue among the Local Laws" which
he is authorized to publish any written
instructions and requests Transmitted to
the Commissioners to relieve their en-
barrassment and especially from any party
high up in the councils and probably
much of the embarrassment may dissi
pate and the people will understand they
did not wish willingly to be so disobedient
to the law, but really co3ld not help it.
Respectfully,
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