The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-01-22
GOOD SHOWING BY REGISTEE
OF WILLS.

Inc annual report OF State Comp
troller Emerson c. Harrington, which
has just been made public, shows that
Frederick county stands well up in
the amounts paid in the State treas
ury by Register of Wills Samuel d.
Thomas and Clerk of the Court Harry
w. Bowers. In the aggregate amounts
turned into the State treasury the
Office of Register of Wills of this coun-
ty stands sixth, while the clerks
Office is seventh in the list. The re4
port shows that for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1914, these two
Frederick county offices turned in to
the State treasury the aggregate OF
$35,
Register of Wills Samuel D.. Thorn
as, according to the report, paid 70
the State treasurer, $20,S99.43, which
sum was made up of $2,4S5.49 receiv-
ed from tax on commissions, $18,144.-
SO from tax on collateral inheritances
and $269.5S excess of fees. At the
same time Mr. Thomas returned to
the County Commissioners $840 whici
had been levied for an index Gle
The foregoing are the figures for
year ending November 80, 1913.
Favorable Comparison.
AS a matter of comparison N
Thomas states that for the year, q
cember 1, 1913, to November 80, 19
his Office has paid into the State ire
ury the sum of $23,427.6S, which
$2,52S.25 more than the preced
year The excess fees for this
year amounted to $1,025.42, and
addition he again returned to
County Commissioners the index G
appropriation of $840. The Id ISL
amounts will appear in the compti
er's report for 1915. Mr.. Thomas n
last night, while discussing the bi
ness of his Office, that the curr bt|
year will likely produce still lar 8r
increase in business than for eith3r
of the years above noted.
The report of the comptroller Shows
that Harry w, Bowers, clerk of Tie
circuit court, paid to the State treas
ury a total of $14,S36.42, which 80
sents the money received iron
licenses, including $1,04S.14 excess or
fees of the Office.
From the different kinds of licenses
the clerk of the court reported the
following amounts: Traders licenses,
$S,3S3.43; traders liquor licenses,
$4,000; ordinary licenses, $1,144.75;
oyster house licenses, $1,064; billiard
table licenses, $320.24; hawkers' and
pedlers' licenses, $201.SS brokers' Ii
censes, $46313; exhibition licenses,
$753.95; cigarette licenses, $S043S;
Carroll and Frederick county fishing
licenses, $12S2, and tax on civil COM
missions, $150.10.
In addition to the amounts of mon
report of the clerk of the circuit court
for the year ending November 80, 19f3
shows that the fees of the ofIicd
amounted to $11,97S94. Out of thisJ
amount was paid the salary of the
clerk, $4,000; salaries of the deputy
clerks and janitor, $7,S57.46 for books
and stationery, etc., $571.34. The ex
cess fees, amounting to $1,04S.14 were
paid to the State treasurer. -
The report of the Register of Wills
for the year ending November 80, 1913,
shows receipts from fees, $7,830.99.
OF this amount the Register of Wills
received $4,000; the deputies, $4,000:
janitor, $4044; salary of index clerk
returned to County Commissioners,
$3.50; paid for books, statiopery, etc
$2S0.97 and excess of fees paid
State treasurer. $269.5S.
Only few OF the sheriffs made re
ports. Charles T. bagans report Y
shown for the year ending November
&c. 1918. The receipts from all sources
aggregated $9,912.90 After the pay
ment of other expenses $11.10 went 10
the State.
Emerson c. Harrington, State comp
troller, urged economy for the State
He said: I'm my Judgment the time
has now arrived in the financial all
fairs of this State, where a differeuA
mode or system ought to be inaueulM
ated in dealing with appropriations
The present method is ANTICIPATED anV
unbusinesslike and woefully lacking
in any system whatever, and TO this
cause, more than any other do | at
tribute our present embarrassment
Our appropriation bills and omni-v
bus bills are generally passed about
the last days of the session, when the
hhdnCC 10
with work, and they have not sufici-
ent time properly to estimate the to;
tai amount of all the appropriations
for l do not believe that the Legisla
ture, with their eyes fully opened
the subject would deliberately ma
appropriations for the two fiscal ye
intervening from the meeting OF |olI
Legislature to another so largely az
excess of the revenues of the Stat&
applicable to the payment Of such a
preparations.
I'm closing these remarks, /
forced to the conclusion that in
judgment the State has already I'd
too far, certainly beyond the resour
Of the State, in appropriating mo
and creating new bureaus and |.
missions with the necessary den
upon the treasury for their mali
ance."
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