Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1910-12-01
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Detail OF Business Transacted
At Weekly Meeting OF The
Board
TO EXAMINE THE INSANE
Board Allows hysicians $40. To Inquire
Into Sanity OF Jail Prisoners
End OF Physicians Strike

At the regular weekly meeting of
the Board of Commissioners for Anne
Arundel county, held at the Court
House Tuesday, the following detail
of business was transacted:
Upon motion of Commissioner
Beard, the claim of Absalom Ander-
son. for damages to his dayton and
ha cness caused by an obstruction in
the county road in the Second dis
trict, near Brownsville was settled
by allowing the complainant S25.
But the county will not allow the
matter to rest with that, and the
Board has instructed counsel to take
the necessary steps to collect the
damages from the party or parties
who left the obstruction in the road,
and thus reimburse the county for
its outlay. 1t is understood that
the obstruction was left in the road
by persons who had been hauling lum-
ber.
In the matter of the charges pre-
ferred by Kirby Hammond against
J. Frank Turner, Assistant Road En-
gineer for the Fourth district, coun-
sci to the Board was directed
to notify the parties to appear before
the Board at its next meeting on
Tuesday, December 6, for hearing.
The matter of certain obstruc-
tions in the streets of Eastport, was
referred to the County Engineer
for a report at the next meeting.
The Board adopted an order d.
recting the Clerk to notify the State
Roads Commission that the Severn
River bridge is in need of imme-
diate repairs and that unless the
State Commission proceeds with
repairs of the same at once, the
County Commissioners will. in order
to prevent damages and injury suits,
proceed with the repair of the bridge
and charge the costs of the work to
the State Commission. That the
county should take this step in the
premises, is due to the fact that the
Severn River bridge is included as
part of the State highway from Bal
timore to Annapolis, the repairs of
which shall be borne by the State.
The action of County Engineer Hay
man in obtaining bids for the erec-
tion of a stable in the Third district,
was ratified by the Board, and the
Board will proceed with the opening
of bids for the same. reserving the
right to reject any and all bids at
next Tuesdays meeting.
The Clerk was directed to pay the
salary of Officer Samuel Jones, of
Eastport, to Mrs. Samuel Jones, his
wife, because of the illness of that
officer.
The Board passed an order author
izing the Health Officer to employ
a physician to conduct examinations
of two inasne prisoners at the coun-
ty Jail, the costs not to exceed $40.
The following acquisitions of the
County Engineer for road work in
the several districts were grnted:
For the repair of Camp Parole
road and Beaver Dam Hill. $4,000
bushels of shells; $4,000 bushels
for West Annapolis; $4,000 bushels
to be landed at Heintzman's wharf,
for the Third district roads; twenty
car lods of shells and sixty feet Of
terra Gotta pipe for the road from
Glen Burnie leading toward Benfeld
five car loads at Harman's Station,
and FIVE car loads at Severn Station,
for repairing the Fifth district
roads.
Officer Crawford notified the Board
that the light st the Catholic GENE
terry failed to burn on the nights OF
November 25, 20, q and 2s.
An insolvency to the amount of
s345 on furniture belonging 10 the
estate of the late w. Brewer Gar
diner was granted, as the furni'
ture has been disposed of.
The Board granted the use of the
Court Room to the Director of the
Farmers's Institute, for the meeting
of the Institute to be held on Satur'
day, December 10.
A large number Of bills were
passed.