Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-09-22
INCREASED TRAFFIC
Necessitates Employment OF
Regular Bridge Keeper Across
College Creek.
STRICT ORDERS ISSUED
Liquor Law ViOIatiOns-Frequent Open.
ing OF Draw Works, EntailiBg Ex-
peuses es-Regulations Govern.
ing Damage Claims For In
jury To Sock By Dogs.

In addition to that published IN the
Capital, the following detail of busi-
ness was transacted at meeting of
| the Board of County Commissioners
I for Anne Arundel county on Tuesday
Because of the increased traffic in
the waters of College Creek, necessi
tating frequent opening of the draw
works of the bridge over that body of
water, and thereby entailing an ex-
pense of 50 to the county on each oc-
casion, the Board decided to employ a
regular keeper of the bridge while
the traffic lasts. The salary of the
position is fixed at 81 per day, and
the hours of employment from a.
m. to p. m.
George Meyett was appointed keep
er. A large number of smaller sail
ing craft now navigate in the creek
hauling lumber, sand and other
materials to the wharf erected by the
firm of w. B. Gardiner, lumber
dealer, and to other places. 1t will
be noted in the bills passed this
week several items of 81 per day,
for one or more days, to persons
employed to open the draw works.
Attention having been called to
the fact that several of the liquor
dealers of the Fifth district are
violating the liquor laws by selling
liquors between the unlawful hours
of midnight and a. M, the Board
passed an order issuing strict in
structions to Chief of Police Erwin,
of the district, to arrest all persons
engaging in such practice, and have
them brought before Justice of the
peace and dealt with in accordance
with the provisions of the law.
Under the Dog License Law and an
other local Act, it is provided that
farmers shall be reimbursed for the
loss or injury to stock by dogs, and
also for damages to their property,
the funds for the payment of such
damages coming from the dog license
tax. Several persons have already
availed themselves of this, but be-
cause of certain circumstances, it has
been found necessary to draw the
line in certain cases. In this connec-
tion the Commissioners have passed
an order that in all cases for DANA
ges, claims shall be held over for two
reasons: First, whenever tn e Board
believes the charge for damages is
excessive, and secondly, that if the
injury incurred by the dogs, the
owner or owners of which are re-
sponsibe, bills shall lay over until
the owner of stock so injured shall
appear before the Board and furnish
satisfactory evidence of the value
of stock destroyed, and proof that
the owner or owners of the CANNES
are not responsible. These steps
have been taken to protect the
county against excessive damage
claims.
Owing to the repairs now being
made to that part of Spa Creek
bridge from the draw works to the
Eastport side, and the consequent
weakness of the structure, the Board
has directed the County Engineer to
have printed signs, notifying the
travelling public that fine of $40 will
be imposed upon all persons driving
teams over that section of the bridge
faster than walk.
Another step taken to guard against
any further expense of the county un-
der the dog license law, is that regu-
Iating the return fee for licenses in
cases where dogs died shortly after
licenses were issued. At Tuesdays
meeting, two claims were presented
for refund of a portion of license
fee. one from Samuel Jones, of East
port, whose dog died two days after
! the license was issued. and the other
from Thomas S. Dove, of German
town. whose canine died the night
after he procured a license. BY a
recorded vote the Board denied each
of these requests, and thereby
guarded against many such requests
being made in the future.