Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-11
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land for Anne Arundel County. at the
October term. 1901. most respectfully re
port to your honors. that having COM
pleied their labors, do now ask TO be
discharged.
During their session is presen,ments
have been made and oS true bills have
been found and III witnesses were ex-
amlne6; investigated 95 cases and dis
missed ~ The reports OF the commit
tees that visited the Aims House. House
of Correction. the Jail and public build
ings IN Annapolis. also the committee on
records in the Treasurer office. County
Commissioners and School Board, are
herewith submitted.
The whole body OF the grand Jury
visited the white and colored school
buildings and found both to be in an
excellent condition. Really for commod-
lousness tor its purpose and ease OF exit
in case OF FIRE, we found the building for
the colored school much better adapted
than the white. The main exit from the
annex school for white children consists
OF one large single door opening inward,
whereas 1t should have wider exit with
double doors opening outward and YES
hbule as in the case OF the coloTed school.
We think there should also be back
stairway leadingfo the ext 10 INC .nA =,
building and wdde means OF es snen;ng
both ends with \double ooo's Tps rns.
outward with eslHoules also. s n es-
ored school buildir{g has goou ma "a
cape. with exit frol m each moor sn1
witnessed the practkce OF use pS ,oa<hil-
dren in fire alarrfn The whIjscbool
building has no fsssescape. 81 the bean.
uiul perfection llof the children
which We We ID over the accustomed
ways OF eS .eems to obviate the neces-
slty otSN FIRE escapes, especially when
DETER means OF exit are made.
In the examination OF the multitude Of
WITNESSES summoned to appear before US,
we hnd that large proportion know alb.
solutely nothing. and the result is moth
ing but an expense to the taxpayers, and
we would respectfully suggest that more
discretion be used in summoning only
those concerning whom there is some
reasonable E'obabilify Of either knowing of
some violation OF the law, or being able
TO give some knowledge Of those who do
know. Now IN one point in particular. we
may aiiude to the most deplorable condi-
ton OF affairs complained of and called
to the grand jury attention in the CHARGE
by your honorable bench in strong lang
uage. to wit: the fragrant and defiant keep
ing open OF gambling tables, faro banks
| and pool selling boards in the town of
Brooklyn, and the open violation OF the
Sunday law in that place and Curtis Bay.
complained of in eloquent appeals, anony-
nous letters and letters with fictitious
signatures sent to the Court and to the
States Attorney and the grand Jury, not
one OF which is any clue whatever fur
nlshed whereby the grand jury may act.
Respectable citizens of those communi-
ties summoned before our BODY, and the
sworn officers OF the law, it seems of re.
| sponsible characters, almost unanimously
testify to the orderly and quiet state OF
| affairs there. except some cases of hilar-
lty oY clubs visiting the shores there and
returning TO the city of Baltimore -
Numerous witnesses are summoned. il
must be presumed, because they are seen
to go5here on divers occasions, almost
unanimously testify to knowing of no
violations OF the law whatever, but from
the few presentments made and other
sources we are bound TO believe that
these places have active and energetic
police protection.
Again In the increasing number Of
small cases which came before, not only
our present body, but the past grand
]urles, from the lower or Passport pre-
cincts OF the Second district, and the
lower precinct of the Third district. we
would respectfully suggest the recon-
mendatIon OF the passage of an act by
the Legislature TO abolish the office of
magistrate IN those precincts, and transfer
all such cases to the jurisdiction of the
magistrates in the city OF Annapolis.
which. we think. would remedy the evil
1t has been suggested to us TO recon-
mend the transfer OF the water closets in
the Court house to the outside recesses of
the building. While this no doubt would
be desirable from Clearly and perhaps
sanitary point OF view, and mayhap for
less energy on the part of the employees.
IN view OF the over-large expenditure of
money needed for the purpose, we would
rather recommend that more attention be
gwen to the keeping of the present build
ing IN clean condition on the part of
the employees entrusted with that charge.
A loose observance OF the law in re-
gard to reporting cases OF contagious
diseases on the par, OF physicians in the
city and county has been brough, to the
attention OF the grand jury, and we would