Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-10-03
GARBAGE DUMP GREAT
DETRIMENT TO HEALTH
Health Officer Walton Reports Of
Nuisance at EastpOrt.
HOLD PRISONERS OVER NIGHT.
Sheriff Beasley Reports Arrangements
for Coming Session OF Court
Bells on Building Commission.

Considerable business was present.
ed for the action of the County Com.
missioners at the Board meeting hello
yesterday instead or Tuesday, because
several If the members were buslly
engaged in connection with the regis.
tration of new voters in their re.
spective districts on Tuesday.
Mr.. w. Frank Chaney,o the Fourth
district, having resigned as a member
of the Building Commission of the
new county Jail, to which position he
was appointed under the act of Legis-
lature authorizing the construction
Of the new prison, the Board named
State Senator Joseph H. Bells to the
vacancy.
DR.. Walton H. Hopkins, County
Health Officer, reported to the board
that the end of Third street, East
port, is in an unsanitary condition
and dangerous to the health of citi-
zens of the community because of the
dumping of quantity of garbage
there, and recommended that steps be
taken at once to put a stop to the
nuisance thereby created. The mat
ter will be placed before the Board of
Commissioners of Eastport.
Former State Senator A. Theodore
Brady made a personal request, and
a numerously signed petition was laid
before the Board in favor of the con-
struction of wharf in Selby's bay,
in the First district, for the accommo-
iation of many taxayers of that vi
cinity.
Sheriff George 7. Beasley reported
to the Board that he had made satis-
factory arrangements for the confine-
ment of prisoners in Annapolis over
night during the sessions of the COM
ing term Of Court. An arrangement
has been made for harboring prisoners
in the city police station. This will
mean a saving to the county, as con-
siderable expense would otherwise
be incurred by conveying the prisoners
to and from the Baltimore city Jail,
pending completion of trials in the
various cases, as all prisoners will be
confined in that Jail until the new
county prison is completed.
AGOIkC w. 0iSNDtt, VI Tue IL I'll
district, lodged complaint againsC the
bad condition of the bridge spanning
Curtis creek in that district, and
Bridgekeeper Williams, of Spa creek
bridge, also told the Board of damage
done to the draw works by scow
belonging to Mr.. .Ioserh w. Traut-
vein. of this city, colliding with it.
Both of these matters were referred
to the County Engineer for an inves-
tigation.
Claiming that he had heard much
criticism Of the action taken by the
Board in the employment of special
officer to look after violations or the
Sunday laws in the Fifth district,
President Smith told his colleague
that he had given the special officer
so employed his personal check for
$40 in payment O, services rendered.
But, upon motion of Commissioner
Brown it was ordered that that
amount be refunded to MI Smith, in
view of the fact that the action was
taken upon a recorded vote of the
Board.
An order was passed directing the
Clerk to pay to DR.. Samuel Garner,
County School Superintendent 81, 100,
as the balance of salaries due county
school teachers to September so.