Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-05
HOCPENS NUISANCES
AND ALL MUST co
County Rules Against Them AT
Eastport And Elsewhere
EFFECTIVE FIRST OF YEAR
Question Of Additional Patrolman And
More Lights In Village Held
Under Consideration.
Hog pens must 20!

Hog pens must go,
They will not be permitted at East
port. or in any thickly settled COM
munity of the county in the future, ac-
cording to a ruling made by the
Board OF County Commissioners yes
| terday
Under an order adopted by the
Board it is stipulated that all pens in
which hogs are confined and which
are reported by the County Health
officer as a nuisance to the public
health be condemned as nuisances,
and the Health Officer is charged with
the duty of having such nuisances
promptly abated. The order further
,, states that such pens shall be done
away with by January /. 1918, un-
less upon permit first obtained from
the County Commissioners, and with
the written sanction of the County
Health Officer and the County En-
gineer as to the construction, main
tenance and locations of such places.
Many citizens and taxpayers of
Eastport are anxious for the county
officials to provide another police
patrolman for the village, and they
also want more light over there
These two things were embodied in
numerously signed petition that was
presented to the Board The neigh
boring village is a thickly settled
community, and covers an extensive
area. The residents of the place hold
that one patrolman is insufficient to
satisfactorily cover the entire terri
tory They point out that many acts
of lawlessness and other depreda-
tions have been committed there dur
ing the last several weeks.
A number of additional lights have
been requested in order to increase
the facilities along this line
After discussing these two ques-
tions at some length, the Board re-
ferred them to Commissioner Myers
of the Second District, for a thorough
investigation and report
Having moved from his former
home at Eastport and now living at
IL Conduit street, this city, Mr. Clin
ton b. Gray, who was member of
that community, has resigned. His
resignation was accepted, and the
Board appointed Mr.. Henry f. Hell
Ter as his successor.
Recognizing the efficiency OF the
new chemical fire truck recently pur-
chased by the Water Witch Hook and
Ladder Volunteer Fire Company of
hn cff nd ha iC a
to render in the event of fires in the
county, the Board passed an order
appropriating $3.50 to help the fire
laddies defray the cost of the appara-
| tus
To further carry on the fight
| against the proposition of Baltimore
City to annex section of the Fifth
District of the county to the big
municipality. the Board passed an or
| der authorizing President Walton to
| publish in the Baltimore papers an
| article setting forth points in oppo-
sition to the issue.
| Upon certificates of insanity fur
nished by Drs. Milliner and Norwood,
| colored, Glendora Queen, colored,
was ordered committed to the State
| Hospital for Colored Insane at
/ Brownsville. this county
The afternoon session of the Board
was devoted to a final review of the
1 recent re-assessment of real estate in
I the Third District The assessment
| of the Second District will next be
taken up, and the Commissioners will
sit tomorrow as a Board of Control
and Review for this purpose. Those
| persons assessed, whose names run
from A to G, inclusive, will be con-
| sidered.
/ Owing to the primary election
throughout the county on next Tues
day, the Board wilI not hold its week
ly meeting on that day. but will meet
! on Thursday instead.