Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-14
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
Tax Rate Fixed by Mayor and Town
Council
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


ROCKVILLE. Md, July 10. 1895
At the monthly meeting of the mayor
and council of Rockville the tax rate for
the year ending June 30. 1906. was fixed at
90 cents on the 800. with an additional %
cents to provide for a sinking fund and to
pay interest on the bonded Indebtedness
being the same as last year The clerk re-
ported that he had paid the interest to July
l. 1903. amounting to $500 on the water
works bonds. The board decided to redeem
water works bonds Nos and g. which
will reduce the towns Indebtedness 81, 900
The question of storing gasoline within
the corporate limits of the town was again
given consideration and Ii was decided not
10 allow more than 500 gallons to be stored
IN any one place eat any time. The board
ordered several new sidewalks constructed
and repairs made to all others needing
such attention. number of other minor
matters were disposed Of
The state. central and county committees
Tor this county met here and decided upon
Saturday, August D. as the date for the
primary election. There was a desire ON
the part OF some for an earlier date but
August was finally unanimously agreed
to- The polls Will be open from am
until pm
A young white man. said to be Harry
Metzeil or Lancaster. Pa. is In the Rock
vile Jail in an apparently Insane condt-
uon. He was recently arrested by Con-
stable Bradley upon the charge of vagran-
cy and sentenced to the house of correc-
uoh. soon after reaching the institution
II Is said he developed signs of mental de-
rangement and he was finally sent back to
this county. Under the law the county
commissioners are without authority to
sehu MN 10 any institution for treatment
at county expense and are In a quandary as
10 what disposition to make of the unfor
tunate young man.
OF the ten colored men and women arrast
al Aav~
being implicated in the vicious assanIt n,a5a
upon MT Aubrey. young farmer of the vi
clnlty or DerwOod, two miles from here
While ne was on his way home about mid
I,t., M oGrJh OF July: but two were held by
Justice of the Peace Joseph Reading before
Whom the preliminary hearing was held
George and Thomas Thornton were com
mltted to jail to await the November term
T ~ ~ court, as they were unable to furnish
pan In the sum of $500 each.
The Lyddane farm. containing 2S2 acres
and situated on the Washington and Rock
NuIe turnpike, short distance east of
Rockville. was sold at trustees sale a few
Gays ago to Mr.. William Robert Lyddane
who has resided on the property MANY
years. The consideration was S2l 900 This
Is the largest price paid for farm in this
county In recent years
The written opinion of Judges Henderson
ana Motter in the case of Willis B. Bur-
dette, chairman of the republican county
committee. against the board of supervisors
OF elections. which was a successful action
10 restrain the supervisors from holding the
approaching primaries under the primary
election law passed at the last session OF
the legislature. has this to say in regard to
the constitutionality of primary election
laws; 1T may be remarked. in passing, MAT
\ Is at least doubtful whether an act regu-
lating primary elections in Montgomery
county. restricted I'm its application as it is
10 elections held within party lines, and
confined to the territorial limits OF the
county. is subject TO or controlled by the
provisions or the constitution of the state of
Maryland relating to elections"
Richard Hodge, a young negro for whom
the Howard county authorities have been
searching for some time past to answer a
charge OF carrying concealed weapon and
other charges, was arrested at Ednor this
county. yesterday afternoon by Deputy
Sheriff Artemus Sullivan. He was taken be-
fore Justice OF the Peace Fairall who COM
mitted him to the Rockville jail for the
Howard county authorities.