The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-17

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have none in the future with the
power to do him any harm. After
this affair, Applegarth can come
pretty near to getting anything he
wants-from the Eastern Shore-a
political death indeed
The burned district bills have been
rushed through and from the attitude
of the HerGld in Baltimore at least, it
would seem that the commission bill
was indeed too broad. 1t gave a
great deal of power, and it was feared
before its passage and when the city
delegation was holding it in some
doubt, that it would be abused. Up
OIL the bills passage however, the
Mayor appointed Il commission head
ed, at the commission choice, by Col
onel Sherlock Swan, an excellent man
and generally considered an admira-
BILE man for the place.
Mr.. Howard will probably change
his mind and introduce the bill men
toned last week as in preparation, to
prevent the railroads from bringing
their tramps, caught stealing rides,
into Garrett for trial Mr.. Howard
says that he expects Mr.. Collins bill,
on account of which he withheld his
own, will have difficulty in the Senate
and very wisely decides to wait no
longer before getting his local bill
through the House.
The bill to incorporate Friendsville
on Wednesday passed the House.
On Thursday Mr.. Howard introdu-
ced the bill outlined in the last letter
for referendum upon the proposed
issue of bonds to erect a court house
and jail at Oakland.
The bill prohibiting the sale of
liquors in district Nos, Garrett coun-
ty, has passed both houses and on
Thursday went to the Governor for
his signature.
On last Wednesday the Governor
signed the bill, it already having
passed both houses, requiring mining
companies in Garrett to pay semi
monthly. This measure was intro
duced by Mr. Howard.
The bill to amend the charter of
Mountain Lake Park will not be in
troduced. The Association has gotten
very busy and postal cards like the
following have poured in on the dele
gates in such deluge, protesting
against the bill that the men from
Garrett have positively given up all
idea of introducing it. The cards are
worded as follows:
am legal voter of the Communi-
ty of Mountain Lake Park and tax
payer of Garrett county, Md. | urge
you neither to propose nor allow to
be passed the amendment to the
charter of Mountain Lake Park petit
toned for by some residents of the
Park.
When Senator Moor's mortgage tax
repeal bill, which repeats the state
tax on mortgages for the whole state,
leaving the county tax only on mort
cages in such counties as are not e1-
empted from the bills provisions,
came up as the order of the day on
Tuesday, Mr.. Palmer, of Garrett, sta
ted that when the original mortgage
tax repeal was passed in the Senate,
he had voted against the measure
He had discovered, he said, that there
was demand for the tax's repeal,
hence he amended the bill SO as to
except Garrett along with other coun-
ties that did not want the tax.
Chairman Goslin, of the House
ways and means committee, who is
an opponent of the proposition to re-
peal the tax on mortgages, has gone
to some trouble to ascertain the status
of mortgages as subject of taxation
in other states.
He finds that in Arkansas, Arizona,
California, Colorado, Delaware, Flor
ida, and Georgia mortgages are taxed
as personal property that in Con-
necticut, Missouri, Nevada, New
Hampshire, Ohio, Oregon and Wis
consin they are specifically taxed ;
that in Pennsylvania they are taxed
for state purposes only THAT in Da-
kota they are taxed whether interest
bearing or not, and that Alabama.
Illinois, indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Ken
lucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Ne
braska, New Mexico, South Carolina
and Tennessee impose taxes on this
species of property, while only in
Massachusetts and Idaho are mort
cages exempted from taxation.
PAUL WINCHESTER.
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