Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-08-10
COUNTYCOMM|SS|ONERS
Board Cuts Off Road Tax In Four
Districts And Reduces Tax
Levy.
LORDS DAY ALLIANCE.
Sends Committee Before The Board On
Disregard Of Sabbath Laws-BOnd
OF Constable Accepted.

VI constable Accepted.
AT the regular meeting of the Board
of County Commissioners for Anne
Arundel county, held on Tuesday. the
| full membership of the Board was
present with the exception of Mr.
Brown, of the Fourth district.
The Board received and accepted
the bond of Jacob Phipps as Constable
of the Eighth district.
Upon motion of Commissioner
Douw, the order previously adopted
whereby Mr.. Henry Tongue was paid
$50 as messenger and for other SER
vices rendered the Board of Control
and Review, was rescinded, and Mr..
Tongue was ordered paid SIS. His
| services covered a period of forty-four
days.
Mr.. William F. Rodgers, who was
employed to make the annual audit of
the county books, submitted his re-
port. 1t shows total assets of S440,
| 656.98, and the balance or profit and
loss account, after all liabilities, are
met, is $50, ,830.72.
The Board has re-opened the ques-
tion of the advisability of construct
ing a county wharf in Rockhold's
creek, Eighth district. Though the
unfavorable report of the committee to
which the matter was recently re-
ferred was adopted, this action has
now been rescinded, the committee
ask to make further investigation.
A large delegation of Eighth district
residents, headed by Isaac S. Nutwell
and others, waited upon the Commits
sioners and urged the construction of
said wharf, and revocation of prev
ious action followed in consequence.
A committee of the Lords Day Al
lance, composed of ministers having
called attention of the County Com
missioners to the alleged violations
of the Sunday laws, and other acts
of desecrating the Sabbth, at resorts
in the Fifth district, the Commits
sioners passed a resolution setting
forth their hearty accord in the eff
forts to bring about the enforcement
of the laws and calling on the Sheriff
and States Attorney to do all in their
power in the premises.
The resolution adopted by the Lords
Day Alliance stated that certain re-
sorts in the upper section of the coun-
ty had become notorious through their
utter disregard of the Sunday laws.
The resolution was adopted at meet
ing held at the Methodist Protestant
Church at Brooklyn on July 23, and is
signed by Rev. Kenneth M. Craig,
chairman and pastor of the Presbyter-
ian Church; w. S. Hanks, secretary
of the melting and pastor of the Meth
odist Protestant Church.
The fact that the figures of corpora
tion taxes were received in time, and
make a material increase in the asses
sable basis of the county, the County
Commissioners were enabled to make
a still further reduction in the tax
rate for 1911, and in addition to shave
the road rates by several cents in
nearly every district.
The general county rate was prev
iously announced as SO cents, but this
has now been cut to as cents, making
reduction of II cents, compared to
the rate for last year. The Second
and Fourth district road rates made
last week were not disturbed. but the
others were clipped. The new rates
for the respective districts are as fol-
lows: First district, Al cents on the
$100; Second district, "a cents; Third
district, Sc cents; Fourth district, So
cents; Fifth district, 25 cents: Eighth
district, SO cents. The State tax is
% cents, as is also the school tax.
The latter rate was sc cents last year.
AS far as this county is concerned.
the Baltimore & Virginia Railroad
Company, which is behind the project
of building the railroad to Drum
Point, may go ahead with the work,
as the Board on Tuesday, in response
to request of counsel for the rail-
road company, adopted a resolution
granting the privileges.
The resolution gives the road Off
cials authority to cross all public high
ways at grade, and operate said rail-
road over such crossings of said rail-
way from the junction of said road
with the Washington, Baltimore and
Annapolis Electric Line, to the CAL
vert county line, for a period of ten
years from August l, 1911; with the
privilege of using the public highways
during the construction of said road,
provided, such roads be kept open to
the public, and any damages done to
said roads be repaired by the railway
company, the plans for each crossing
to be submitted to the County Com
missioners and the County Engineer,
and approved before the work is COM
menced.
1t is specified in the resolution
that the matter of grade crossings
and the ten-year franchise limit are
subjects for legislative control and
regulation and consideration by fu-
ture boards of County Commissioners.