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

the latter part OF December: Mr. Watts
purchased tools from Geo Murray &
Sons at OdentOn in January. and no
requlsitions had been granted. Be-
sides Mr.. Watts informed yogr Board
that he had purchased a car load OF
hay 10 be shipped 10 odenton al S2l.O0
per ton. when a requisition had al
ready teen passed directing me TO pur
chase feed for that district
8. CHARGE. Employed county
teams and county employees in work
ing private roads.
ANSWER. This has not been done
without the consent OF the County
Commissioners or the individual
members OF the Board Work was
done on certain private roads in the
Eighth district last year with the
knowledge and consent OF the Com
missioner from that district, and il
has been done In a few other cases.
Mr. Barber has on more than one Oc-
casion after going over the matter
with me. asked me 10 90 ahead and
furnish and haul cinders on the pri-
vate road from near Best Gate toward
the property of Allen Martin on the
Severn River and several car loads
have been actually used under this
instruction. Last fall Mr. Barber with
me examined a street meas Eastport
that is private road. and the work
ing foreman on the ground at the
time was directed TO go ahead with
the grading Also he had work done
on private property at a church at
Lusby's Cross Roads without my
knowledge until after II was done
"Cinders were hauled and furnished
on a private road near Lake Shore
the county hearing a portion OF the
expense. with the knowledge and con
sent of the Board as whole and spe-
cial arrangements were made for
financing this work Now. why
should a charge OF this kind be
brought against me. when the mem
lers OF your Board have had full
knowledge OF the situation and have
themselves participated therein.
"a. CHARGE. Failure TO proper
~ certify To the correctness OF bills
and accounts for work and materials
alleged TO be owing by the county.
ANSWER. This does not state
specifically what is charged, and il is
impossible 10 make a specific answer.
have approved the bills of our work
ing foreman as presented and have
furnished the foreman with time books
on which they take a receipt from
each workman when paid. Other bills
! have approved on the certificate OF
the working foreman, my confidence
in the integrity OF the man presenting
the bill, the statement of some mem
Der of your Board. or on my personal
knowledge or inspection of the work.
Furthermore one of the first items
in your minutes at nearly every meet
ing for the past two years reads about
as follows: The hills on file were
gone over. and being found correct.
were passed for payment. as per list
herewith.
If there is anything wrong with
the way have approved the bills it
has not Teen called to my attention.
- CHARGE Failed to appear be-
fore the County Commissioners at the
first meeting in each and every month
and make full and exact statemen,
10 them of all work done or contem-
plated by him and OF all money ex-
pended.
ANSWER: Reports have been
filed as TO money expended for each
month. except three in the past two
years, other than the months ending
June 80 for which no written reports
OF expenditures are ever filed on ac-
count of levy and new year starting
July LIST. | have not only appeared
before the Board on the first Tuesday
in the month. but have appeared each
Tuesday and have discussed the work
being done and contemplated with
your Board and with the individual
Commissioners. Report OF expendi-
lures missing for December, 1921.
was on account OF sickness and rush
OF work. when not sick. and the other
two were probably on account of too
much other work at that time. but
none of these were missed with any
deliberate or wilful intention to neg