Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-09-18
BRIDGE AGITATIONOVER
ROAD DISPUTE FOLLOWS
County Commissioners TO Confer
With Governor About Highway.
NEEDS REPAIR BADLY.
0iiic sis Contend ThOroughiare From
Severn Rridge Should be Under
Jurisai1tion If goads Board.

Although the recent decision of
Judge Brashears in the Circuit Court
| in the mandamus proceedings insti-
tuted by the Board of County Conn
missioners against the State Roads
Commission, in which he upheld the
Commission in its contention as to
whether the state or county officials
should maintain jurisdiction over
College creek bridge, the County Com
missioners, it appears, still refuse to
resume control not only of the bridge,
but the road leading therefrom to the
Severn river bridge.
At the weekly meeting of the Com
missioners yesterday, an order was
adopted which provides that the
Board, as a committee of the whole,
shall wait on Governor Goldsborough
in the premises. AS set out in the
order the conference with the Cover
nor will be particularly in regard to
the roadway The road, it is said, is
badly in need of repair, and, notwith-
tanding the mandate or the Court, the
Commissioners it is understood, take
the stand that the expense of repair
ing it should not be borne by the
county, in view of the fact that the
roadway is part of the Annapolis
Baltimore boulevard under the pro-
visions of the act of tne Legislature.
Holding that taxes upon property
which have not been collected for
years because of tieups in equity pro-
ceedings, the County Commissioners
have adopted resolution looking TO
the settlement of all such arrears.
The resolution states that on account
of the legal situation, ex-County
Treasurers have been relieved of col
lecting said taxes from year to year
by different Boards of Commissioners,
by means of granting insolvencies.
Coun5eor Melvin has been directed to
Investigate all equity cases, and to
proceed with the collection Of taxes
on such property as the court has
ruled solvent, and to make a report
of al insolvencies to the end that same
may be closed in on the profit and
loss account.
The county is now in position to
wipe out an indebtedness of more
than SI9, 200 against the levy for
1919, and the Board adopted an order
calling in certificates numbered from
/ to 33, against said levy, for pay
ment. These certificates amount to
total of $19, ,440.55 and interest,
and the date of their redemption will
shortly be announced by the Commits
sioners.
U54b +bafv r,,trd nraat;onIl,y ,aAttol
to the locality of the bridge to be
constructed across Stoney creek, in
the Third district, but not yet ready
TO make public announcement of
same, the Commissioners returned to
their homes last night, following an
inspection tour yesterday afternoon.
President Smith announces that the
matter will be taken up for final deci-
sion at next weeks meeting of the
Board. Several sites for the locatio.l
Of the bridge lad been under consid-
GRAFTON, and it narrowed down to the
question as to which would be most
advantageous to that section of the
county. So the Commissioners, with
County Engineer Green, decided to
investigate in body.
George A. Basil, former police
magistrate of the Second district,
fled with the Board written charges
against James B. Crawford, the po-
lice officer of the district. Mr.. Basil
charges, in effect, that Mr.. Crawford
is not in any respect qualified for the
position that he holds.
Clerk S. Ogle Tilghman filed his
monthly report, showing the proper
tionate rate of tax expenditures for
the month Of August as follows: First
district, cents on the 500; Second,
9 cents: Third, cents; Fourth aud
Fifth, 13 cents; Eighth, IL cents
General county rate, 10 cents.