Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-11-25
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Anxious To Hasten Assessment
Delayed BY Board OF As.
SCISSORS
SCISSORS
TO IMPROVE THE ROADWAY
General Lsvy H.id Up By Existing Con.
dilions-BOard Not Satisfied

ers is not satisfied with the delay and
are anxious to hasten the assessment
in the several districts that has been
in progress for the last several
months in accordance with the General
Assessment Act, the County Commits
sioners at their meeting on Tuesday
had before them the chairman of the
Boards Of Assessors of each district,
who reported that progress had been
made.
The Board is not altogether satisfied
with existing conditions, and after
some consideration an order was
passed directing that the assessors
shall turn in all schedules of their
work as soon as they have been re-
viewed and adjusted, to the Board of
Control and Review, without copying
the same and return the sheet; and
the county assessors at large shall
proceed with the next district. leav-
ing the notification of the property
owners to the local assessors. AS
some question arose that this proce-
dure might be in conflict with the
General Law, the President of the
Board was directed to present the
above order to the Governor and At
torney-General, for information as to
whether this would invalidate or
effect the assessment.
There were present at the meeting
on Tuesday President Smith and
Commissioners Wayson. Beard, Petite
bone, Pumphrey and Douw. The
following other business was trans
acted:
Upon motion duly passed, the dam.
age claim of Mr.. R. H. Maynard for
injuries to his horse and loss by fail
ure of getting his produce to market
in time. because of defect of a
bridge in the Fifth district, was set
tied by allowing the complainant s25.
The Board passed a order providing
for improving one mile of the road
between First street and Pennington
Avenue, Brooklyn, known as the Pa
tapsco road, by the building of a per-
manent roadway under the provisions
of the Shoemaker Road Law. The
County Engineer, together with the
President of the Board, was directed
to take the necessary steps to carry
out the provisions of the order.
To guard against further claims
for damages by reason of accidents
on county highways, the Board d.
rected the Clerk to have printed 1000
cloth signs bearing the word dan
GER" and "This is road is dangerous
at this place and will be repaired. as
soon as possible; County Commission
ers of Anne Arundel County," The
signs will be distributed among the
assistant engineers of the several
districts, who will be directed to
post them at any place where it
may be deemed necessary.
An insolvency to the extent of
5000 was granted John Rice upon
property in the Second distr let be-
cause of an error in the assessment
for 1910.
The Clerk submitted his monthly
report of the road tax as follows:
First district, 25 cents or the $100;
Second district, 19 cents; Third dis
trict, % cents; Fourth district, %
cents; Fifth district, cents;
Eighth district, 13 cents; general
county rate, q cents.
Sealed bids are invited by the
Commissioners for building and fur
nishing barn, corn house, etc., in
the Fourth district; also for building
barn at Armiger, in the Third dis
trict, advertisements for which have
been ordered published.
The Clerk was directed to notify
the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company to move telephone
poles Nos. 220 and 22l on the county
road between Saw Mill Branch and
Humphreys Station, as they will in
terfere with the widening of the
road.
Ex-County Treasurer A. r. Arnold
filed a list of insolvencies for the
years 1905, 1906, 1907 and 1908 to be
granted on the levies for said years.
The same was referred to the Clerk
to be reported.
On motion of President Smith
the services of John P. Helmers. as
special officer in the vicinity of Glen
Burnie, in the Fifth district, will be
discontinued on November so; but it
was further ordered that Mr.. Helmers
be appointed special officer for Fair
field, at salary of $50 per month,
appointment to date from December l /,