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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-01-18

AFTERNOON SESSION.
January ). 1917.
The board met pursuant to adjourn
nent. present r. j. McCovillc. chair
nan: T. +. Lee. Ludwig Weber and
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-01-18

Linton. N. d, January End. 1917.
Tue board met pursuant to law, pres
emit, r. p. Lee. n. A, Klein and F. J i.
McConville. commissioners.
On motion II. A. Klein was elected
chairman. pro TEN.
Pursuant to advertisement for bids for
County ONicers' bonds the board pro-
cceded to open such bids which were
found to be as follows:
Northwestern Trust Co.. Dakota Trust
Co. Northern Trust Co.. Massachusetts
Bonding and insurance Co. Middle
West Loan and Trust Co., Fidelity and
Deposit Co.. of Maryland. all being the
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-01-18

MORNING; SESSION
January 4th 1917.
tn" board met pursuant to adjourn
msnt. az members resent.
me board checked the fees received
Leeds. Clerk of Court and County Au-
ditor for the quarter ending December
follows: w 40
Register of Deeds .sl.3el 30
Clerk of Court. 7i.T5
clerk OF Court. 77T5
County Auditor 81 Is
Al Of which was duly accounted for.
inc BOARD checked the accounts of
county Treasurer W. O.. Irwin for the
quarter ending December 3Ist. 1916.
which were found to he as follows:
in designated de-
positaries. Sept.
30th. 1915. S5O.561 "a
Collections Scptem-
Der Goth to De
ccmber 3lst 1916 37.845 II
Total. .......... -. .sss.ila II
ID y ursc m entS
e December Sist.
Cash on hand and T"''''' :
in designated de-
positaries De.
rcmber 3lat. 1916 5O.i9G 80
The application of j. Bichicr, man
aEcr OF the Farmers Elevator at Stras-
burg for the abatement of n portion of
the 1916 taxes assessed against the said
elevator was considered. and the board
being satisfied that the assessment as
returned viz, $4,000 90, was excessive,
II was ordered that the assessed value
be reduced to $4,000. 90 and tax re-
duced accordingly
The application of Gottlicb Bechtlc,
Sr.. for refund OF a portion OF the 1916
taxes assessed against the SW u. is
i32-T. was considered and the board
returned. viz. Sob. 90 was excessive,
ordered that the snid assessment be re-
ducsd $500 90. and refund ordered is
On motion the board adjourned until
p. m
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-01-18
AFTERNOON SESSION

| ,,, January 4. 1917.
Vhc board met pursuant 60 adjourn
ment. all members present
| The following bills were on motion
lnllowed: "
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-01-18

January, 3, 1917.
The board met pursuant to adjourn-
mcnt. present, +. j. Mcconvillc. T. l..
The following bills were on motion
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-01-18

r. j Richardson. having tlIcd his
oath and bond in tho sum OF % 900 90
with the Northern Trust Companv as
sn.:ssy entered 70 e. ugHn his duties as COM
s ;She sn,, ~ ane f h,,,s p ,wnr
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-01-18

Name of Bidder
Bank Of Hazelton.
IiaZclton o..
Farmers Stat.
Bank. HaZelton
Security State
B'nk. StrasburI
First state Bank.
Strasburg
TeInplctor State
Bank Temvik
First National
Bank, Linton
kintyre State
Bank. kintyrc
German American
state Bank.
Linton =.
herman state isanl
Strasburg
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-01-18
MORNING SESSION

On motion the bonrd adjourned until
2 q. M. January 4th. 1917.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-31
CHI A P T Err T.

AN ACT to punish the storing of food
stuffs for the purpose of cornering
the market, and providing a penalty
therefor.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly of Maryland, in extra ses-
sion assembled, That any person carrying
on or employed in intrastate trade in any
article suitable for human food who,
either in his individual capacity or as an
officer, agent or employee of a corpora
ton, or member Of partnership, carry
ing on or employed in such trade, shall
store any such article for the purpose of
cornering the market or increasing the
price above the market price thereof, or
for the purpose of limiting the supply
thereof to the public, whether temporarily
or otherwise, shall be deemed guilty of
felony, and punished by imprisonment
for not less than six months nor more
than three years.
Sec 2. And be 1t further enacted,
That this Act is hereby declared to be
an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public
safety, and being passed upon yea and
nay vote supported by three-ffths of all
the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the first day of
July, 1917.
Approved June 2Sth, 1917.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-31

fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of
the Court: It shall be construed as
separate and distinct offense for each
day the nuisance is permitted to con-
tinue after the expiration of the time
limit set forth in the notice for the
abatement of such nuisance, provided,
however, that nothing herein contained
shall be deemed to alter, change, modify
or restrict the jurisdiction Of the State
Board of Health of Maryland; provided
however, that the provisions of this Sec
ton shall not apply to the Sewerage Dis
posal Plant of any city, town or county
in this State.
Sec. 8. And be 1t further enacted,
That all laws and parts of laws, whether
general or local, inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act, be and the same
hereby are repealed to the extent of such
Inconsistency.
SEC. f. Amd be it further enacted,
That this Act is hereby declared to be
an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public
safety, and being passed upon yea and
nay vote supported by three-ffths of all
the members elected to each Of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the date Of it's
passage.
Approved June 9th, 1917.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-31
CHI A PIT E R IL.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enaet with
amendments Sections 1872, 1873, 134
and 1875 Of Article 70 of the Ammo.
tated Code of Maryland, title "Oys-
ters,'' subtitle Preserved Areas"
so as to extend the operation of said
subtitle to other localities of the
State, and to vest certain powers in
the Conservation Commission OF
Maryland with respect thereto; and
to add two new sections to said Artl-
Gle, the same to follow Section 1876
thereof, and to be known as Sec
lions 1854 and 1853, authorizing
the Conservation Commission to re-
serve and replenish scraping areas
upon certain conditions and restric-
lions, and also to set aside dredging
area not to exceed one thousand acres
for experimental work in propaga-
ton and cultivation of oysters.
SECTION 1. Be 1T enacted by the Cen
eral assembly of Maryland, That Sections
1872, 1873, 1874 and 135 of Articl> 70 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland, title
'Uysters,' subtitle Reserved Areas, :"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-31
CHI P T Err s.
Approved June 2Sth, 1917.

AN ACT to add an additional section to
Article 81 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, title ''Crimes and Punish
ments,'' subtitle ''Poison At
tempting to- said additional Sec
ton to follow Immediately after
Section 400 of said Article and SUBJ
title and to be numbered 1904.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted By the Gen.
eraI Assembly of Maryland, That an iad
ditional section be and the same hereby
is added to Article 81 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, title H'Crimes and
Punishments, subtitle "Poison-At-
tempting to- said additional section to
follow Immediately after Section 400 of
said Article and subtitle, to be numbered
4O9A, and to read as follows:
4O9A. Every person, his aiders and
abettors, who knowingly and wilfully
poisons, defles or in any way corrupts
or contaminates the waters of any well,
spring, brook, lake, pond, stream, river,
reservoir or other source of water supply,
or any tributary thereof, used or disable
for drinking or domestic purposes, by
means of disease germs or bacteria or the
insertion of any other poison or poison
GUS matter therein, or attempts so to do,
or conspires or connives thereat, and
every person, his aiders and abettors,
who, by like means, knowingly and will
fully poisons, defles or in any way cor
'rupts or centaminates any drink, food or
food products or supply, or attempts so
to do, or. conspires or connives thereat,
shall be guilty of a felony, and upon con-
viction thereof shall be subject to i'm
prisonment in the Penitentiary for not
more than twenty years, in the discretion
of the Court.
SEC 2. Ind be 1t further enacted,
That this Act is hereby declared to be
an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public
safety, and being passed upon by yea
and nay vote supported by three-ffths OF
all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the
same shall take effect from the date of
its passage.
Approved June 9th, 1917.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-31
CHAPTER 10.

AN ACT to provide for extending, dur
ing the continuance of the present
war, the time limited by the laws
of this State for the institution of
legal proceedings, by citizens who
are unable to institute the same,
within the time so limited, because
of absence from the State in the
military or naval service of the
United States, and in case of the
death or insanity of such persons.
SECTION l. Be it enacted q the Gen
erdl Assembly of Maryland, That if any
citizen of this State, entitled to insti
tute or bring any action, suit or pro-
ceeding in this State, is unable during
the continuance of the present war, to
institute or bring the same within the
time limited therefor by the laws of
this State, because of absence from
this State in the military or naval serv-
ice of the United States, such person
shall not on that account be barred, but
shall be entitled to institute or bring
such action, suit or proceeding within
six months after the removal of such
disability; otherwise the same shall be
barred.
Sec. 2. And be 1t further enacted,
That in case of the death or insanity of
any such person while SO absent from
this State, such action, suit or proceed
ing may be brought by his personal
representatives, if maintainable by
them, within the time limited therefor
by the laws of this State, except that
the right of such personal representa-
tives to maintain such action, suit or
proceeding, shall in no event be barred
before the expiration of one year from
such death or insanity.
Sec. 3. And be 1T further enacted,
That this Act is hereby declared to be
an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public
safety, and being passed upon a yea
and nay vote supported by three-ffths
of all the members elected to each of
the two Houses of the General Assem-
bly,, the same shall take effect from the
date of its passage.
Approved June 9th, 1917.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-31

the natural beds, bars and rocks of the
Chesapeake Bay or tributaries in dredg-
ing area not to exceed in the aggregate
one thousand acres, and to give notice
thereof in the manner stated in Section
1872, and to transplant thereon seed oys-
tiers, shells, or other culteh, or to propa-
gate seed oysters, or in any other feasible
manner to develop methods of produc-
ton of oysters, and said Commission shall
be empowered to improve, replenish or
cultivate said experimental areas in such
manner and tor such length of time as
it may determine. The Commission shall
have power to dispose of the oysters at
any time, and manner, and upon any
terms which it may fix, the proceeds
thereof to be placed to the credit of the
Conservation Fund.- and to be used for
further experimental work upon said
areas or some other purpose to be de-
termined by the Commission. Any per-
son catching, oysters upon such expert
mental area without permission from the
Commission shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor and subject to the penalties
prescribed in Section 1872.
SEC. 8. Ind be 1t further enacted,
That this Act is hereby declared to be
an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public
safety, and being passed upon by yea
and nay vote supported by three-ffths of
all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the
same shall take effect from the date of
its passage.
Approved June q, 1917.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-31

of Court and other appropriate officials
will be supplied with registration cards
whereon such person will be required to
register.
Failure of such persons to register on
and after the Goth day of August, 1917,
and failure or refusal to do or continue
to do the work assigned in accordance
with said Act will subject such persons
to the fines and penalties prescribed by
the Act.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have here
unto set my hand and caused to be affixed
the Great Seal of the State Of Maryland,
at the Capitol, in the City. of Annapolis,
on the 18th day of July, in the year Of
our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and
seventeen.
EMERSON G. HARRINGTON,
Governor.
By the Governor:
THOMAS W. SIMMONS,
Secretary of State.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-31
CHA PIT Err 16.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Chapter 419 of the Acts
of the General Assembly of Mary
land of 1916, title can Act to regu-
late the taking or catching of crabs
in the waters of Somerset County,
so as to make said law applicable to
all the waters of the State, and to
provide a penalty for violation there
of.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the Gen.
eral assembly of Maryland, That Chapter
419 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of Maryland of 1916, be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments so as to read as follows:
It shall be unlawful for any person or
persons to take, catch or have in his or
their possession any hard crabs, other
than one in the peeler state, measuring
less than five inches across the shell from
tip to tip of spike, or any peelers or soft
crabs measuring less than three inches
across the shell from tip to tip of spike,
nor shall any person or persons take, catch
or have in his or their possession any egg
bearing female crab, known as the spawn
crab, sponge crab, blooming female crab,
or mother crab, nor any female crab from
which the egg pouch or bunion has been
removed, nor shall any person or persons
take, catch or keep in floats or in his or
their possession any fat crabs, or any
crab known as snot crab or green crab.
The provisions of this section shall apply
to all waters of the State of Maryland,
and any person violating any provision of
this section shall be guilty of a misde
meanor and shall upon conviction be fined
not less than ten nor more than fifty dol
lars for each offense
Sec. 2. Ind be it further enacted,
That this Act is hereby declared to be
an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation Of the public
safety, and being passed upon yea and
nay vote supported by three ffths of all
the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the date of its
passage.
Approved June 9th, 1917.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-31

Is to be paid to the Comptroller or his
agent.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-31

I hereby certify that the cargo of oys-
tiers loaded by Captain. ............o of
the VESSEL. was 0eIiASA
from reserved areas and is subject to
tax of. cents per bushel, which
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-31

I hereby certify that Captain. .......
of the vessel. .....E....., has this day
transplanted upon reserved area located
~ .:...... a cargo of seed oysters
estimated to contain. bushels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-10
A Nation Welded Together

The attitude of industrial leaders all parts of the country following the break in diplomatic relations with Germany shows quite concusivey that still nation whose patriot
 ism is equal any Money grabbing after a is not the chief end of our existence
 Henry Ford rculed for his rather disastrous attempts to
 get the boys of the trenches and the victim of much
 kind criticism directed at his peace ideas, which not de- served of the first manufacturers step forward and offer the of his plant to the government free of charge, if war is declared.
 The United States Steel corporaon through it's chairman Judge Eber H. Gary that it will cooperate with the government the limit of its This great ndusys annual capacity for supplies alone is estimated by Judge Gary than third greater in value than the entire output of Germany.
 The helpful spirit of the Steel corporation is especially grat
 flying patriotic citizens view of the fact that its relations with the national government in the past have been rather strained Many of it's officials have gone far de- clare that they being persecued but that their services may be needed there disposition qubbe duge in recrmnaton.
 It good such spirit of self sacrifice and cooperation abroad in the and Shpbuder and owners and steel makers manufacturers of conceivable product that may be needed in war; kings and public upholdng the Presidents and offering their services whenever and wherever needed.
 The asonsent created when the esteemed German Amer can alliance ndorsed President Wilson's action has not vet ceased Dssentons and differences have been buried deep they will be dug up again In this crisis the nation was never firmly welded together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-10
cAmEzMM1@auseI
BROADENING oUT'
} Montgomery Times.

From the Montgomery Times.
 It begins to look like The Birmingham Age-Herald was about to turn prohibi~ tionist or else it is just broadening out into one of the greatest newspapers in the south, for it is now publishing facts about prohibition, without regard to it's former attitude on the subject. In an issue a few days ago, it came out and gave the facts and figures as to the work ings of prohibition in comparison of ar rests during the period of the open sa- loon and prohibition. the preponderance of evidence deduced by the records of the courts being in favor of the present prohibition enactments. It is good sign when a great paper like The Age Herald does not try to muddle the figures, but gives the facts, regardless of it's former record on the subject. Over in Georgia a short while ago the Augusta Chronicle. which had been against prohibition. changed front and came out for it. The Age-Herald has not done this, but has set a high standard for newspapers to follow, when 1t gives the news straight in it's local columns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-10
SHOPPING HABIT IMMORAL? :?

feet of the department store's unre- stricted exchange system upon woman's nature and on her place in society. What sincerity, what force can there be in woman's demand for an equal place in our man-made world as long as she con tinues to live so many hours a week in a world in which consequences do not follow upon acts, in which she may choose A and keep B?-a world in which mistakes are not paid for.
 And you can see how the practice of unlimited and unpenalized exchange, if sufficiently continued. might stretch out side the realm of the department store and into life. If choice Is always to be made with the idea that the first at tempt will fail, and that there is always a second chance and third. then how. when 1t comes to selecting a profession, a cause to work for-a husband? The matter here becomes intricate and dan- gerous. One might ask, for instance, whether there is any connection between the growth of the shopping habit and the divorce habit among the women of our unoccupied classes, both being based on a choice that is not final and a system of exchange that is not penalized. But. as have said. the, subject is complex, ana throw 1t out as a suggestion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-10

Simeon Strunsky. in Harpers Magazine
 for February.
 'RH N ND you can always exchange
 A\ it." says the saleswoman to
 3S the woman shopper.
 The saleswoman who is worth her salt knows the precise moment when that sug- gestion must be made. It is the moment when the customers doubts have appar- ently been resolved. She wants the new gown very much It pleases her, soothes her, fits her. It is the moment when the male purchaser would nod and say. "rll take it," and pull out his check book. In that moment the woman shop per goes panicky at the thought, the sudden but inevitable thought, whether this new fabric will mean quite the same to her at home as it does now in the store. For, whereas man buys clothes to satisfy a physical need. woman shops largely for the. satisfaction of her soul. Woman, when she has picked and chosen, says to herself: ''Yes like 1t now, under this light, in this room, set off against all the other shades and patterns but how will 1t be at home?" How will it be with her when she has the new gown to herself, away from this superheated atmosphere of acquisition, in the sudden drop of spirits that is sure to come? At home when she looks into the mirror and sees herself tired around the eyes. or when she first lifts the gown from the box in the cold light of the morning after when her liberty of choice Is gone. when that gown is hers to have and to hold, what then?
 In that moment of crisis the wise saleswoman says. quietly: "And you can always exchange 1t, of course"
 It is a problem of high moral impor- tance, this system of purchase with a proviso. It's effect on the moral nature of woman is baneful.
 Too many women enter the department store with the knowledge that they are doomed to buy something they will want to exchange. Woman begins shopping in the certainty. which is almost part of her fate, that her choice will be bad, but that it is of no consequence, since she can always send teh things back. |You see at once how utterly destructive this must be of all moral standards. It means living in a world of free choice where the sinner is not in the least handi- capped against the saint.
 I dwell on this point at some length because, so far as I am aware, no one before me has pointed out the vicious ef-