Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-02-23


the 4th day of February 1922.
that the said charges /. ,. 3. 4. 3.
and 6. inclusive be and the same
are by this Board sustained. and
il is further ordered that T. T.
Hayman. County Road Engineer.
be. and ne is hereby removed from
the office OF County Road Engi
neer as incompetent and for viii
ful neglect of his Guties one r tie
law, said removal to take effect al
once
The Office OF the County Com-
miSsionerS was the scene of
unique proceedings this morning
when the Board met to take UP
the question OF charges recently
brought against Road Engineer
Edgar T. Ilayman, and which
finally resulted III removing that
official from office by a vote of
/ to ,. Mr.. IIayman, with
States Attorney James NJ Mum
roe. as his counsel. appeared
before the Board and submitted
! his answer to these charges. in
which each specification was
taken up in order and substan-
TALLY denied. especially as to the
question OF "wilful neglect OF
duty" Items and & Of the
charges.as to not making detailed
reports on time, were virtually
admitted.
After the charges and then tho
answer had been read. Mr. Munroe
presented the above resignation on be-
half of Mr. Hayman. declining TO enter
into the proposed proceeding on the
ground that il was too plain for argu-
ment that the final decision OF MIR.
/ Haymans case had already been
made. no matter what the testimony
might show.
/ Commissioner Walton, OF Annapolis.
made a motion that Mr. Hayman's
resignation be accepted. but this mo-
i tion was lost by a vote OF four TO three.
those voting for it being Commission
ers Walton, Carr and Duvall, and
those voting against it being Commis
siOners Barber. Watts. Kelly and
Brice II was then decided to go
ahead with the testimony. regardless
of the fact that Mr. Haymans resigna-
tion was already in. At this point,
however. Mr.. Hayman and his attor-
ney withdrew and declined to be -
party to the proceedings. The follow
ing witnesses were then called by At
torney Hugh X. Riley for the petit
TONERS: Joseph G. BannOn. Sweetzer
Linthicum. John w. Disney. Charles
L. Tate, w. T. Nussear, and Mr.. Red
miles.
Their testimony related chiefly TO
specification 20" of the charges, as
to alleged neglect OF duty in not fol-
lowing up road inspection and road
work more frequently and closely.
President Barber, OF the Board, and
Commissioner Watts also testified.
Mr. Barber. by way of reply TO
statements in Mr.. Hayman's answer.
denied ordering gasoline on t b g
county's responsibility, but stated that
he became personally responsible for
it in an emergency case when he found
a truck on the road out of gasoline ::
and also that he paid Allen Martin $40
out of his own pocket for the cinders
on the private road mentioned In Mr..
Haymans answer, after the Court $
ruling that county teams could not be
used on private roads. Commissioner
!. Watts also termed as an emergency
case" the ordering by him OF two tons
/, OF hay for the mules in his district.
: This was TO refute the statements IN
part OF paragraph 2 of Mr.. Hayrnan
answer.
. Attorney Riley outlined his view OF
; the law and procedure governing the
matter. after which the Board went
into closed session. Testimony had
been taken down by a stenographeri
: to whom President Barber announced
| at the close of the open session, how
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