Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-09-12
CITY DADS HOLD SESSION.
Took Action Looking To Govern.
ment Annuity In Lieu of
Taxable Property.
TO APPEAL TO CONGRESSMAN
SYDNEY E. MUDD.
Meeting Was Not a Long One But
Much Important Business
Was Taken Up.

nlgnJ tne mayor, counsellor and Al
dermen of the city took action on one
or two rather important matters in ad.
| dition to the disposal of a good bit of
routine business. perhaps the most i'm
portant of which was the adoption of
the following order by Alderman
| James II. Strange:
| Ordered-That the Mayor, Counsel.
| lor and Aldermen of the City of An
Dapolis request the Hon. Sydney K.
| Mudd, as representative in Congress,
to have inserted in the bill which is
| to be brought up at this session of
/ Congress appropriating the money to
buy the property lying between Hano-
yer and King George streets for the
use of the u. S. Naval Academy.
That the City of Annapolis be paid an
annuity to the amount of taxes we
will lose by the acquiring of the said
property which, being partially respon-
sible for our bonded debt which, by
losing the taxes on said property
among which is some of the most val.
liable in the city-would be the means
OF advancing our tax rate on other
| property owners. 4 nd that the Mayor
appoint a committee of three to draft
a set of resolutions covering same and
forward them TO Mr.. Mudd, asking
| him to do all in his power to have the
city reimbursed for the amount of
taxes lost and that the Mayor be the
chairman of the said committee.
This order was adopted after some
discussion, there being a difference OF
OPT nion as to the practicability of the
scheme or meeting that proportion of
| the bonded debt covering the improve
ments in that section of the city. Coun.
sellor Riley, in supporting the meas
ure, expressed the opinion that the
| plan was not only feasible, but that
step in this direction should certain
| ly be taken. He cited as an illustra.
tion the possibility of the United
| States government taking in the whole
| of Annapolis for the spread of the
| Naval Academy. Such action by the
government would most undoubtedly
necessitate the assumption by the gov
ernment of the bonded debt of Annap-
oils, as the municipality would then
| have no tax or other income to meet
this Indebtedness. If the government
should take in only a portion of the
city, why shouldn't t it assume a pro-
| portionate rate of the debt
Two important ordinances were in
| trodueed and referred to the commit
| tee on by-laws and ordinances One
of these, introduced by the counsellor
| by request, provided for the granting
of franchise and attendant privileges
| to the Maryland Light, Heat and
Power Company The ordinance, if
adopted when reported from the COM
mittee, will permit the rival of the
Annapolis Gas and Electric Light
Company to lay pipes to furnish steam
for heating purposes in Annapolis in
| addition to the poles and conduits for
electric wires for power and illumi-
/ no isNrr Tha
was to amend Section 9 of Article 45
of the City Code, and will have the
effect of forcing all property owners
on the lines of sewers in the city to
| connect with the sewers after the lat
| ter are once laid by the municipality.
Quite little squabble was caused
i by request from James Freeman, for
merly an officer on the police force,
asking that the city refund to him the
| fine in the case of James Griffith, the
marine against himself, and the intro
| duction of the following order by
Counsellor Riley: Whereas James
| Freeman, late police officer of the
| City of Annapolis. has been fined for
an assault committed while making an
arrest and had previously been fined
| by the Mayor, Counsellor and Alder
men Of the City of Annapolis for the
same offence, ordered. that the sum
of $5 be paid the said James Freeman,
the same being tho fine imposed upon
him by this body =
Alderman Il. III. Thompson was in
| favor of remitting to Freeman. or re-
| imbursing him to the amount of $l3 co.
| this being the total of the fine and
costs in the case before Justice John
n. Davis aud the fine imposed by the
| Council The Alderman offered an
order to this effect as a substitute to
the Oounsellor's order, but the substi-
tute was lost by majority of 6 to /,
| Alderman Thompson alone voting in
the Affirmative and Alderamn Nun
roe being absent. His motion to re-
fund the ex-ofiieer $500, the fine and
costs in the magistrates case, was
lost by similar vote. Counsellor
| Riley's original order then came mp
and was downed by the four votes of
| Aldermen Strange, Linthicum, Baer
| and i. A. Thompson, while the
| Mayor, the Counsellor and Alderman
| +. II. Thompson supported it. The
vote on the IS. go order of Alderman
| +. II. Thompson was then reconsider
ed and some of those who had voted
against it in the first instance. sup
ported-it when it was brought up the
second time, but Messrs. Strange.
4 l4lntnlSuuls DdSI huu i. a. thompson
showed it under. During the many
ballots on the subject there were some
rather warm discussions, but these
all blew over and the Council then
proceeded to the consideration of other
business without any apparent i'll
| feeling. which was not the usual pro-
cedure under the old board
The reports of the various city Off
cials which had been received at the
last meeting of the Board and referred
to the proper committees for auditing
and approval, We're reported favorably
and accepted, and the reports of the
same officials for the month of August
were received and referred to COM
mittees. The following additional
orders were introduced and disposed
of as indicated
BY Counsellor Riley-That the treas
urer be authorized to pay W. E. Field
meyer SAG. Is. the balance due him for
paving Conduit street, ..out of the ap-
propriation of May %, 1905; adopted.
BY Alderman Strange-That $375, OF
a,F sc. L.,