The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-01-30
Prince Georges Land Case.


down by the Court of Appeals was one in
the case Of George K. McGaw, Charles T.
Davis and John B. Ramsay vs.. Mary A.
Gortner and others, an appeal from the
Circuit Court of this county.
The opinion of the court, by Judge Page,
affirmed the decision of the court in this
county in the above case. Property val
ued at $4,000 was involved. In affirmin G
the decree of the court below the Court
of Appeals holds that the parties suing
were not entitled to lien upon MARYLAND
property in Prince Georges County in
consideration of an alleged bl each Of con
tract for the sale of lands in West Virginia.
The court interprets the written instru-
ment as being II mere option for the sale
of the West Virginia property within six
months after the execution of the instru-
ment, provided the proper demand is
given, and that it was not contract of
SALE The court also holds that under the
statutory provisions of Maryland the real
estate situated here cannot lie made sub
required by law, but merely an unliqui-
dated claim. 1t also dismisses the petition
of McGaw ct al that the bill be amended
so as to require the specific performance
of contract to sell the West Virginia
property on the ground that the appellees,
Gortner ct al !, are not in court for the
trial of case of that nature and that
should decree al that Kind be passed it
would he nugatory and would have no
binding force upon them.
Messrs. Charles H. Stanley, Thomas H
Lanahan and Frank Gosnell appeared for
the appellants and Wilson s. Clagett for
the appellees.
Colored Industrial Schools.
Chapter 273 of the Acts of 1898 pro-
yides in relation to Colored Industrial
Schools as follows:
SECTION 5. And be it enacted, That it
shall be the duty of the: Board of County
School Commissioners Of each county in
this State Whseever a a6table building,
or room Of N56ms connected with one of
the colored schooIs-of said county, shall
be provided. by the county to accept the
same, if in. the Judgment Of the said Board
there is any necessity therefor. and there
after to provide for the maintenance of
such number of separate colored indus
rialschools as in their judgment may be
needed. and the salaries of such teachers
as may be required for that purpose shall
be paid out of the general fund and the
State aid hereinafter provided.
SECTION 6. And be it enacted, That
whenever any such separate colored in
Gustrial school or schools are opened in
81, ..u..,, The President and Secretary
of the Board of County School Comm s.
sioners of said county shall report the fact
to the Secretary of the State Board of
: Education, and the State Board of Educa.
ton shall without delay proceed to ap
point a proper person we'll qualified for
such service, to visit the said school OF
schools and give certificate of approval
of its condition and the plan upon which
it is conducted, and thereafter the Presi
dent and Secretary of the said Board shall
report to the Comptroller of this State the
condition of said school or schools, the
number of instructors and the number OF
pupils enrolled during the school yeaI
last named, on or before the Goth day Of
August in each year.
Section appropriates 1850, payable
on the first day of October, for the sup
port Of said industrial school or schools
At a recent meeting of the Coloret
Teachers Association of this county
committee was appointed to appear before
the School Board in reference to the
establishment of such schools in Prince
Georges county, as provided for il thu
law quoted aboye