The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-03

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actual cash balance on the 31st day of May,
1907, of s19,222.SO. Continuing, the report
says:
BAG. 68 collected in May on the 1907 levy, gives
the county cash balance of S339, $50 .48 at the
commencement of the fiscal year beginning
June 1, 1907. The levy of 1906, therefore, with
the additions mentioned. without any borrow
ing and without encroaching on the portion of
the 1907 levy collected in May last, proved suf-
fcient to pay the disbursements of the year,
and left credit balance of $40 222. 80. If there
were no unpaid bills outstanding this amount
would be a clear cash surplus"
The report says that the summary ofreceipts
and expenses published by the County Com
missioners was found to be correct, with the
exception of an unimportant clerical error,
too much.
Prof Green says that he found that the fnan-
cial condition of the county on May 81, 1907.
was as follows:
Balance of cash May 81, 1907. .$sse5e9.4s
Less collected on levy of 1907. 32O,346.6S 49, 80
Levy 1906 balance uncollected. S4434s.O4
Less allowed for insolvent, etc. lO,OOO.OO o =,
Amount due by the state and
by various corporations and
individuals for Improvement
of roads, as per agreement
with them..... ..,..................... l5,5lO.26
Total. $69, 0Sl. III
LIABILITIES.
Unpaid bills on SO II
Balance-excess of assests over liabili-
So 584. SO
Total. $69, OSI 10
Prof. Green states that he received letter
from County Commissioner Yellott claiming
that items amounting to $31 ,917.20 should
= hooT IN 0lndoA in tho nf tho naot
fiscal year. He disallows all of these claims
made by Mr.. Yettott, except that the bill for
$766 98 for the expenses of the March term of
court should have been included in the unpaid
bills on file. Prof. Green says:
I'm fact, the question raised by Mr.. Yellott's
large part of the disbursements of the month
of June. To understand the situation itshould
be mentioned that similar bills presented in
June 1906, for work done in May of that year
were paid out of the 1906 levy, and the same
course was followed with regard to the regular
May bills for years past, as far back as my per.
sonal knowledge of such matters extends. If
the bills for May work in 1906 were also paid
out of the 1905 levy there would be ID monthly
ont. of that levy. 1t must be re-
membered also that, under our local law, taxes
in Baltimore county are "due and payable on
the first day of May in each year." which is
the beginning of a year with respect to taxes,
HUI IL dDpcdIb QulUC 1CdcOIdUIO JnoO OllIo PlO-
scented in June for work originating in May,
as is the case with these bills, should be paid
out of the new levy.
1.-The proposition might also be stated in
this way If the bills for May work paid in
June, 1907, were to be debited to the levy of
1905, then it would be no more than just to
credit that levy with bills of like character for
May, 1906, work paid in June, 1906, which
were also debited to the 1905 levy, as otherwise
there would be charges for Is months debited
to the levy of one year. The result would be
to leave the relation of assets to liabilities
about as stated, or at least without any consid-
cradle change"
Prof. Green states that the Board directed
him to make an inspection or investigation of
the accounts in the Commissioners Office to
determine whether or not the statement by
Mr.. Yellott at the time of his resignation, in
April, 1906, was correct, and whether a 72-cent
tax rate was sufficient to pay the expenses Of
the county.
He says that he found that the actual reve-
nue. and receipts of the county for the fiscal
EsSe cap b es7g
as heretofore stated, an actual cash balance of
$l9. 222 80 In conclusion Mr.. Green says:
'tIn my examination of the matters referred
to in the foregoing report found the books in
the office of the County Commissioners clearly
and methodically kept and up to date. | have
shown that the levy of 1906, with the additions
made to same in the ordinary course, proved
sufficient to pay the disbursements OF the year,
and may add that see nothing whatever to
Justify belief that Baltimore county was in
debt on the 31st of May, 1907. On the con:
trsfy, its financial condition was sound and
distinctly better at that time than at the COR
date in 1906"
MR.. YELLoTT WILL REPLY.
The statement that there was balance of
$50 900 at the close of the year was made at the
recent Democratic county convention by Con-
gresham Talbot, and later Commissioner
Yellott brought the question up at meeting
of the Board and said as he had made the state
ment at the beginning of the year that 70
cent tax rate was not sufficient he would like
to have an investigation made. Commissioners
Mann and Slade agreed to the proposition of
Commissioner Yelllott and Commissioner
Sade suggested Professor Green. Mr.. Yellott
agreed to putting the work in his hands. When
the report was made on Wednesday Commits
sioner Yellott asked to be excused from the
Board room that he might consult on it with
his brother, Major John l. Yellott. On his re-
turn he said he intended to ask that the Board
withhold the publication of the report day
that he might answer it, but he said the an
swer would take several days to prepare and
he would not ask that it be withheld that long.
DR.. Corse Tells the Story of His Expert
ence.-Last week THE UNION gave the partic-
ulars of the narrow escape experienced by DR..
VIM. D. Corse, a we'll known physician of
Gardenville, from lightning stroke. Since
then the DR.. has given the following interest
ing experience of that occurrence:
II cannot remember the actural stroke of the
lightning and my mind was entirely blank
for about half an hour. When l came to my
self again l was lying in my stable. My first
sensation was that my left leg was burned off.
/ suffered the most intense agony for an hour
or more. l would not let them take me into
- Grok I dpJf mt m ole
NV wife. When / found that both my legs
were still on my body l let them take me in
"Until nv leg was bled continued to suffer
the most exquisite torture. After the coagu-
lated blood was drawn off felt better, but my
legs still panied and were very stiff.
1.-THE lightning left dark brown scar on my
left leg and wound where it passed out be-
tween the great and second toes ofmy left foot.
That wound hasn't healed yet. The second
toe was smashed up, and at first l thought it
would have to be amputated, but it is appar-
emily coming along all right now. haven't
vet regained the full use of my toes and they
cause me to stumble slightly every now and
then.
"a curious thing about the action of the cleo
tricity was the fact that it didn't injure my
stocking in the least On the contrary my
shoe was shattered as if some one had explod-
ed small charge of dynamite in it. sup
pose the soft stocking expanded and offered no
resistance to the passage of the lightning,
while the unyielding shoe was torn to pieces.
1.-THE bolt must have struck me in the left
shoulder and passed straight through the left
side of my body. If it had struck my head
would undoubtedly have been killed. II
whirled me around and hurled me several feet
from where l was standing, and left me lying
in such condition that was thought to be
dead. But had absolutely no sensation at all
while laid unconscious, so there is no chance
for me to give anything like the experience Of
a man who died and came to life again. But
1 can certify to the intense pain felt after be
coming conscious, and l am afraid the next
thunderstorm l happen to be in will lind me 9
little nervous. l cannot understand how the
bolt came to strike me, for my stable is com
pletely protected"
Homecoming Week for Marylanders.-
The general scope and plan of the celebration
to be held in Baltimore from the 18th to the
10Th of October next has not yet been decided
upon, but it is the universal desire to make i
as attractive as possible. One thing agreed
upon, however, is that every former mary
lander living everywhere whose address can
be obtained will be invited to the Home Com
ing" With this end in view it has been de
cided to insert notices in the newspapers re
questing everybody who knows OF former
Marylsnders residing elsewhere to send the
name and address of such persons to the com
mittee in order that an invitation can o.
mailed the former Marylander telling hin
that his or her presence is desired here for tne
Home Coming"