Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-12-22
TAXPAYERS DISCUSS
NEEDS OF ANNE ARUNDEL
At Meeting Called Together by
Senator Elect Frank M. DuvslI
and Delegates-Elect to
Legislature.
CONFERENCE ON LEGISLATION.
General Needs Of the County Discussed
And An Effort Put Forth to
Raise Teachers Salaries.

Called together by Senator-elect
Frank NJ Duvall. and the Delegates
elect to the Legislature from Anne
Arundel county, about one hundred
and fifty very representative taxpayers
and property holders of the county met
in the Court House on Tuesday of this
week and discussed the needs OF Anne
Arundel county in the way OF legisla-
ton during the coming session of the
General Assembly.
Roads. road building. taxation. school
teachers salaries. compulsory educa-
ton, child labor laws, together with a
number of other phases of county life
was discussed and the various views
and suggestions advanced by the per-
sons present were referred 10 a COM
mittee composed of members from
each districtThis committee is to meet
again on Tuesday of next week in the
Court House at 10 o'clock for its first
conference on the subject of needed
legislation for Anne Arundel.
The members of this committee who
were selected by the persons present
from the respective precints of the
county. are:
First District-Oden B. Duckett and
Samuel ]. Carr.
Second District William NJ. Holla-
day. Benjamin Watkins, Jr. and J.
Carson Boush.
Third District-Frank L. Hancock
and Alton r. Arnold.
Fourth District-Bruner r. Ander-
son and John NJ. Lowman
Fifth District-William S. Crisp, Seth
Fl. Linthicum and George L.Schempf
Eighth District. Frank CLANCY
and Edward Sutton
The appointment of the four mem
bers from Annapolis was left open
until later date.
Although the assemblage appointed
a delegation to wait upon the County
Commissioners and invited the mem
bers of the Board to attend the meet
ing, Mr.. Henry B. Myers, from the
Second district, was the only one who
could be present.
On motion of Mr. Alton r. Arnold.
of the Third district. seconded by Mr..
Charles G. Feldmeyer, of Annapolis,
Mr.. George T. Melvin was named tenn
porary chairman of the gathering
Mr.. Seth H. Linthicum was named
as temporary secretary Of the meeting.
These were made permanent offers
later in the meeting on motion of Mr..
Walter H. Hart.
Senator Duvall moved that the
County Commissioners be invited to
attend the meeting, and he. with Mr..
James s. Smith and Mr. Joshua S.
Linthicum were named to invite the
members of the Board to attend.
A resolution offered by Mr. Thomas
John Hall provided the election by
the meeting of a committee of eight
cen members, proportional among the
districts on a basis of one from each
precinct of the county, and that to this
committee should be referred all reso-
lutions and suggestions offered during
the meeting on subjects of local or
general legislation.
This committee, under the resolu
ton, was directed to analyze and study
the several propositions referred to it,
and, as far as time and opportunity
may dlION, SSSulS the 0ShtAlhShh VI
representative taxpayers and citizens
throughout the county thereon. 1t
was further directed to prepare con-
else report of its investigations at
future meeting to be held in this city
at the call of the chairman.
W. Hallam Claude, attorney, of this
city, spoke first upon the road prop
osition urging that the present local
road law and the Road Engineer sys-
tenn be abolished, and the former con-
tract road building and maintenance
plan be returned to.
William X. Boswell, of Waterbury,
representing the Glen Burnie and Mil
Iersville Improvement Associations,
and the Millersville Farmers Club
and Brownsville Farmers Club, spoke
in advocacy of some action in the COM
ing General Assembly looking to adj
ditional and more centrally located
State roads as Anne Arundels fair
share of the roads loan. He pointed
out that this county today has been
left far behind and has not today half
of the originally laid out system of
main roads.
Mr. Boswell urged that the Senator
and Delegates from Anne Arundel be