Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-01-12
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
APPOINT TRUSTEES
To County Home--Name 7. Kent
Green, From Annapolis.
RESOLUTIONS OF SYMPATHY.
Extended BY Board to Colleague Myers
in Present Bereavement Detail of
Business Transacted.

A resolution extending TO County
Commissioner Henry B.Myers the sym
pathy of his colleagues upon the death
OF his wife was passed by the Board
at its meeting yesterday
Trustees of the County Home were
appointed 10 serve for the coming
year. The Commissioners also re-
named two of the old board of trus-
tees these being J. Grant Calhoun, OF
First district. and II. z. Gott of the
Eigth district
The other trustees of the board as
now constituted, are Thomas $.
Dove of the Second district; Thomas
S. Cromwell of the Third district,
Holland r. Watts, OF the Fourth dis
trict; Henry ]. Smith Sr.. of The Fifth
district Or. T. Kent Green. Of the
Sixth (Annapolis) district.
The board of trustees will meet
shortly and organize and upon them
will rest the full responsibility for the
naming of the keeper and other en-
ployes about the County Farm, where
Anne Arundel's unfortunate indigepts
are cared for There has been in the
past year or two a great deal of un-
favorable comment upon the conduct of
the Aims House, and it has been inti-
mated that there will be some changes
made in It's management in future.
Complaints of the manner in which
the place is run and the expenses in
CURED for maintenance have been
made frCm time to time to the County
Commissioners. who have pointed out
that the full responsibility for the
Homes management is in the hands Of
the board of trustees.
determined effort is going to be
made by the County Commissioners to
get rid of the expensive South river
bridge before the end of the present
session of the General Assembly. At
Tuesdays meeting Counsellor Melvin
was instructed to draft a bill to he
presented to the Legislature compell-
ing the Safe Roads Commission TO
take over this bridge.
AS further step toward getting
needed legislation, the Commissioners
also directed the Cousellor TO prepare
q bill under which, if it be enacted
into law the Clerk of the CircIit Cours
will not be allowed to receive for rec
ord any deeds or transfers of taxable
property until the deeds or transfers
have first been indorsed by the Clerk
to tho County Commissioners, showing
that the proposed transfer has also
been made upon the tax books of the
county. These plans were presented
by President Walton of the Board
A request was received by the Com
misisoners from Alexander Lee asking
that his salary as ferryman at River
view be increased. No action was ta
ken upon this request.
DR.. Theodore c. Foote, a property
owner in the neighborhood, communi-
Gated to the Commissioners a protest
against eny plan to put bridge across
Boards creek, instead of at the site OF
the present ferry.
The report OF County Engineer Hay
man for the month of December. 1915
showing the total amount of certih
Gates issued in each district and the
corresponding road rate in the districts
was as follows: First district. S3,3l9
40, rate % cents; Second district, So.
215.02. rate 30 ID cents: Third district
S11 ,662.56, rate SO cents; Fourth dis
trict, $14,453.S7, rate 81 IL cents
Fifth district. $11 ,44218; Eighth dis
trict, $2,343.50, rate 20 1-2 cents;
county bridges. S46999