Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-12-15
A LIVELY DISCUSSION
Board OF County Commissioners
Discuss Building Corn House
And Stable
OPPOSITION DEVELOPED
But County Officials Are Ga The Trail
OF Economy Attorney Generals
Opinion On Assessment Methods

Ot Ec0nOmY - Attorney ueHersIs
Opinion On Assessment Methods
When the Board of County Com
missioners took up the bids for build
ing a stable, corn house and dwell
ing, etc. in the Fourth district in
connection with road work, and other
similar work near Armiger in the
Third district. a lively discussion
was precipitated .among those for
and against the project.
Mr.. William II. Brown, represent
ing o number of citizens of the
Fourth district, appeared before the
Board and made an earnest protest
against carrying out the work, and
in addition to this a petition from
large number of taxpayers of the
district, also registering protest, was
read.
On the other hand. large delega-
tion, the principal spokesman of
which, Mr.. Warfield, was present,
and spoke in favor of the erection of
the stable, ETC., claiming that in
the end it would be a great saving
to the taxpayers. The Board,
which had thoroughly considered
the matter before advertising for
bids, was to the same view.
The several bids were opened,
and upon motion of Commissioner
Pumphrey, of the Fourth district,
Messrs Warield and Elliott of the
Fourth district, being the lowest bid
ders, the Board voted to award them
the contract. Their bid for the
whole work was 81, 1,333.74. Other
bidders and their bids were as fol-
ows: Hervieux & Stevens, of An.
napolis. 81, ,96S; C. H. Worthington,
$1,000; A. d. Riden & Co. 81, ,490;
Edward o. Wilburn, $3.50; Arthur
P. Heymond, 81 1000.
The only bid on the Third district
was submitted by Roy Johnson, at
S514. Bids for the sinking of we'll
were submitted as follows: James
A. CLANCY for the whole work, $55 /;
William 7. Grouse, Sl.25 per foot,
and so cents per foot for the pumped
The award of these contracts was
not taken up.
In response to a request of the
Board, an opinion of Attorney-Gen-
eral Straus, in regard to the proper
methods Of procedure under the new
assessment that has been under way
for several months, was submitted.
The Attorney-General states that as
soon as the assessment in one district
is completed, the assessors should
then proceed with the next district,
leaving the work of fixing up the
schedules, ETC., and notifying the
property owners and making returns
to the Board of Control and Re-
view with the local assessors for the
district, thus facilitating the work.
The special committee composed of
President Smith and Commissioners
Humphrey and Douw, filed its report,
generating Mr.. j. Frank Turner
from the charges preferred against
him recently. The report follows:
"a committee, consisting of the
President, the Commissioner from the
Fourth district, and the Commission
er from the Sixth district, have in
vestigated the charges brought by
Mr.. Kirby Hammond against Mr.. j.
IHAih 4OA hCAg III ACSald W PdyAOAIo
and the amounts to the said Kirby
Hammond by j. F. Turner, and find
that there is no dishonest intent
shown in regard to the payments
made to any of the men employed by
Mr.. Turner.
Owing to the method of accounts
kept by Mr.. Turner, there is great
room for misunderstanding. but Mr..
Turner has explained with the sub
sanitation of witnesses, the whole
matter to the satisfaction of the
committee, and he has assured US that
he will keep his books in a more
explicit manner in the future. Mr..
Turner is exonerated by this commit
tee of all charges in the affair and
they recommend to the Board that the
report be adopted. The report was
then adopted.
Mr.. Elihu S. Riley appeared before
the Board in regard to damages for
injuries alleged to have been sus.
\ tanned by Mrs. Alice L. Ruling by
reason of collision with an obstruc.
tion in the road near Brownsville, or
Thanksgiving night. The matter
was referred to Commissioner
beard, of the Second district.
The County Engineer was directed
to advertise for bids for shells to be
delivered in different sections of the
county, except in the Second district
/ for use in road work. Shells are t.
be delivered within a period of sis
months, beginning January /, 1911
Bids for the same will be opened a
the meeting of the Board on Decem
Der 27.
An Insolvency to the amount O
! $3.50 was granted the firm of Camp
bell & Phipps, on account of charge
and interest, the same not havin,
been adjusted in response to a re
quest of Mr.. Campbell.
The resignation of Mr.. John z
Helmers, as constable of the Fiftl
district, was accepted to take effec
from December l. Mr.. HeImers ha
since been appointed special Office
at Fairfield.
The requisition of Engineer Hay
man for two 2-horse wagons fo
road work in the Fourth distric
was granted; also the requisitio
for 1900 bushels of shells to b
delivered at Wharf Creek, in th
Third district, to be spread upo
the road beginning at Chairs store