Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-12-23
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and for the moneys spent the people
have been given an equivalent. we
have a Mayor that gives his time and
thought every day to the municipal
business. and who has done many
things for the benefit of the city, and
is remarkably adapted by Judgment.
experience and personal qualities 10
his task What is q salary of S400
year as compensation for such an of
dcial2 For the services he renders in
view of the dignity and responsibility
of the first officer of such . city as
this. $4,000 a year. in my judgment.
should be the least sum Thought OF as
fair compensation. Ought not this
Legislature 70 authorize something
like adequate pay to Mayor Strange
or any other man fitted for the sob.
and performing ii, of overseeing and
caring for the interests OF 10000 PEG
pie in a city with $5.000900 worth OF
property?
I believe the taxpayers of the county
will agree with ME that we have faith
ful and efficient officials. both retiring
and incoming We must look 10 them
for service and the way to secure the
best that is in those who are entering
upon their duties for the first time is %
give them evidence of willingness 10
cooperate with them and support them
III an that is for the public good.
The Baltimore sun Misiudges Dr.Welis
The reelection of DR. George Wells
rs Clerk of the Court by nearly a
thousand majority is a commentary
upon a public official that needs no
emphasis. His office is one OF the best
conducted in the whole State. and the
close attention he gives to his duties
his capacity, and his intimate touch
with the people who have business
with it, mark him as a model public
official. Such q man is a tower strength
to the community, and no taxpayer in
Anne Arundel county can lack conf
dence in his word and his deed where
the public interests are concerned.
The Baltimore Sun owes it to them
not to allow an eagerness 10 he
recognized as the guide and coun-
selor of State administration
to lead it to make statements so
at variance with what is known in this
county to be the facts The good peo-
pie of Anne Arundel have never yet
been misled or influenced by any anon
ymOus, idle and shadowy emanations
of the BITTERNESS of partisanship di-
rected at DR.. Wells He is easily first
among the tried and true citizens 10
whom they look for advice and leader
ship For over forty yeatrs he has
never failed them growing all the
time in strength and q popularity that
can only be based on honesty and fidel-
ity. Our County Commissioners, County
Treasurer. Orphans Court. Sheriff, all
of the elected officers, are men from
whom we may expect prompt and eff
cient service. Let US cultivate a help
full spirit of relationship as citizens
and taxpayers with all the men upon
whom we have placed the burden Of
public duties and administration.
Unequal Assessments
A subject that is to be q most inn
portant one before the Legislature is
the equalization of assessments. The
State Tax Commissioner has shown
that this evil exists in nearly all the
counties. and that while some sections
are paying in the measure they should,
others are evading contributing a just
proportion. inequality in taxation
has been a problem and an irritating
one in parts of the counties as we'll as
parts of the State. Our taxation sys-
TEN has for years been loose and dis
iointed, and has given rise to we'll
founded complaints In our own case.
if the assessment of all property in this
county was brought up to the rate
paid by which that is assessed the
highest. our basis would be raised from
around twenty millions to probably
twenty-five millions. This would en-
able the County Commissioners, on the
present footing of income and expendi-
lures, to lower the county rate 20 cent.
or it would increase the income so as
to give the county more governmental
efficiency.
Opposed To "Annexation."