Evening star., 1901-04-09
ORDERS AND BILLS PASSED
MEETINGS OF OFFICIAL BODIES OF A
MARYLAND COUNTY.
Board of Commissioners and Orphans
Court-Report of the Treasurer
SCHOOL Matters.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

| Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
| UPPER MARLBORO, Md, April s, 1901.
At the last regular meeting of the county
| commissioners orders were passed as fol-
| lows: That the report. of r. n. Ryon, treas
| urer, as of April /, 1901 be adopted, sub
| ject to approval of the clerk to the board;
| that the resignation of H. J. Moffett as
| constable be accepted, and that II. 0. En-
mons be appointed his successor; that B.
+. Robey. former sheriff of Prince Georges
county, be allowed $40 for attendance at
the orphans court, the same having been
omitted from his account as sheriff; that
the constable bond of William Radtke Of
Kent district be accepted, and that on Pc
tition of James b. Smith his brother,
George Smith, who on the certificates of
Drs. Charles A. Fox and W. o. Eversf1eld
was shown to be insane, be sent to the
Maryland hospital for the Insane and
cared for at the expense of the county.
Treasurer's Report.
The report of Treasurer Ryon, above re-
ferred to, is as follows: Placed in treasur-
ers hands for collection, county taxes on
assessment Of s11 ,133, ,543, at 81 cents per
800, s1o2,S79.16; to taxes on corporation
stocks, on assessment of s125, ,642 18. at 92
cents. and s36, ,42l1S at 80 cents per 500.
81, IS: total amount of interest collected,
81, ,530. f5; total. $f05,
Collections were reported as follows:
July IA, 1890, $2G 100; September 10, $15,077;
October Is, $S.2S4.6 December IA, $40. 504;
January 81, 1901, $19,9S5.56 and April !,
taxes on unredeemed property carried on
the books by law, sold to county, $914.30;
amount of taxes on unredeemed property
carried on the books and sold to county,
3,o44.e6; amount of taxes on $50 pieces of
property sold to county March, 1901,
s3,s02.3s: taxes on property sold December
10, 1890. under provisions Of law, 1,07407; I;
amount of taxes not yet collected on per
sonal property, $1,574.19: amount Of uncol-
lected taxes on property doubly assessed,
on personal property removed from the
county and on improvements which have
been destroyed by fire, $330.34: amount of
uncollected taxes on property in the court
of equity, $111.G1: amount of taxes not yet
collected on corporations, $209.53 amount
of taxes due state of Maryland in hands Of
treasurer. subject to order Of county COM
missionefs, ,156.35: total, s105, 1898.
Bills and Orders.
The road commissioners at their meet
ing approved a number of bills for minor
sums and also authorized George c. Mer
rick to repair the road near Mrs. W. E.
Clagetts home
The school commissioners at their meet
ing adopted these orders: That the secre-
tary be empowered to appoint three lectu-
rers at regular prices: that the memoranda
recommended Dt PfOt. NJ. B. stephens Tor
the use Of the school commissioners show
ing the condition of each school be ap-
proved and the secretary carry out its pro-
visions: that John D. Broadus be paid
salary for the winter term; that the county
commissioners he asked to levy $500 for the
school to be built at Seat Pleasant; that
the school house at Nottingham be painted
out Of the first money available and that
Wyvill Bros be paid $3.50 for building the
school house at RosaryVile for the use of
colored people. The board also approved
the petition of colored people from Groom
station to build a public school in that
neighborhood and adopted resolution
asking the county commissioners to appro-
pirate money for the purpose.
Orphans Court.
The orphans court ordered that the last
WILL and testament Of Emily B. Headley,
deceased, be admitted to probate; that
Emil Heitmuler administrator OF Caro-
line Schwartz, deceased, be authorized to
sell the goods and personal estate Of said
deceased either at public or private sale;
that the last will and testament of Mary
Fitzpatrick Kicks, deceased, be admitted
to probate, and that letters testamentary
be granted to Benedict T. Gallant and Fill
more Beall, the executors, upon the ap-
proval of their penalty bond of s5,OOO and
that sale be made either at private or
public df at private, not less than the ap-
praised value and If at public notice of
ten days be given); that Laura v. Hyde be
appointed administrators of Geo. Hyde, de-
ceased, she to give a penalty bond Of $1,000,
and that r. Z. Baden and F. A. Ward be
appointed appraiser. 1t was further or
dered that James C. Rogers be appointed
guardian Of the minor children of Ida
LiDkins deceased