Evening star., 1927-09-11
UPPER rIARLBO2C.

UPPER s'AEfi;Oi;O. Md. S,p.em
+ 10. -i'tince tieorg2S CouheN com
r. s:oners III a M citing tue day ac
.,ted The hid 90 the Mercantile 'fruSt
n ID Dhpoil .. aad S,ein Bros. \
ce of baltimore FOR The purchase
a. $1,000 county bon,;S. the proceeds
% which viii he u1>d Il To pay tor the
o..uaty j@;l moss under construction
.rc The hid was $t0i.57 and &C
tied tl,erpat on a par value of 500.
10 epI L. simmons was appointed
l,y the commit iNsoner@ ms constable for
tsuean Anne district for the term end
iny December. 1851 L. l.. ShoWalter
ana Geo"ge :. Winters also were
-'.pointe cooatab.2s for the same
i,rio1. the CORNER for Bowie district.
T. 'uccc2l li1rUorl Wtliette, resigned,
aei ,ha 1T cr for ri~o"taWay district.
\ iiaih e. Skater wa named as as
.sor. his Gu,ies to he assigned by
l. Suparyi aor of assessments.
al. tucker WAS aW,Sr,lei u contract
. &iI5 f2r cor strOrtiun OF a concrete
r-aininS wall nn fuckers road. ONon
! III :. 'irict. the work to he done IN
;~:,cor, ince with specifications filed
v.ih the clerk of the county commits
S.onSrs.
Cpon the petition of A. r. Bond
:'.o,viq- Alice Bond To he a pauper
ai.d the ceg'lticateS of Drs. FL. NJ.
10 9, and {. r.. Mcguire showing her
~ Insane. ii was ordered that she
be confined in the Springfield State
oapit&l for the Insane. Walter Bar
ten Mas ordered confined in the same
jastitution upon petition of Sheriff
oaar.es :. Larry.
County Police Report.
The commissioners approved and
accepted the report of the county
o.ice court for August submitted by
Judge !. Chew Sheriff. accompanied
II Il check for Sl.046.l0, covering the
;.mount due the county commission
ers on account of fine collected.
Judge Sheriffs report showed that
1I3 cases were docketed in the vari-
oas towns during the month. as fol-
lows: Capitol Heights, 80; Laurel, 10:
Upper Marlboro, As; Hyattsville. S5.
Df these, II were motor vehicle cases,
TIE others being of various natures.
Twenty cases were reported pend
ing from July. The total heard dur
ing August was 1913, and 17s were
disposed of, leaving II 10 be taken up
this month.
Fines collected for violations of the
s'tate motor vehicle laws go to the
Ttate commissioner of motor vehicles,
lut the county receives the costs in
yuch eases. Fine totaling S416 were
turned over by Judge Sheriff TO the
state commissioner of motor vehicles,
leaving the Sl,046.10 for the commits
s.oners. In July S997.10 was turned
over TO the commissioners on account
of fines and costs.
Judge Sheriff's report stated that
While there were docketed with the
court throughout the month a num-
hcr of civil suits, not all of these have
finally been adjudicated. A detailed
report of these cases will be made in
the next monthly report.
OF the criminal cases tried during
August. six were held for action of
the grand jury or jury trial was
prayed, two received suspended SEN
tence, four were committed to the
house of correction, two were COM
mitted to the house of reformation,
two were committed to the county
jail in default of fine and two appeals
were noted.
Lighting Contract Signed.
The town commissioners have sign
ed a f1ve-year contract with the Poto-
mac Electric Power Co. to furnish
streets lights in Upper Marlboro. The
contract calls for 49 lights, covering
all parts of the town on every other
pole of the company, at an annual
cost of SSS2. The lights will he op-
Grated automatically from Is minutes
after sundown until so minutes before
sunrise. The company expects to have
the lights in operation in about two
months.
At meeting of the Prince Georges
County Orphans Court here Tuesday
William II. Wells was appointed ad-
ministra tor of the estate of William
Mason Hawkins. Ida White was ap-
pointed administrative of the estate
of John +. White. The will of En-
lnett l.. Petit was admitted to pro-
bate.
October % has been set for cele-
hration here to mark completion of
The Grain highway. The plans call
for a parade starting at Priests
Bridge and addresses here by Gov.
1itchie, John n. Mackall, chairman
OF the State roads commission, and
Robert Grain, for whom the road was
named.
The laying of the concrete on this
road has been completed. The road
runs from Glenburnie, in Anne Arun.
del County, to T 3, in this county,
nd is 35 miles long. 1t reduces the
automobile time between southern
MARYLAND and Baltimore by about
oue hour.
Miss Mary Frances Sullivan. daurh.
ter OF the late Mr.. and Mrs. John A.
Sullivan of Washington, and Fred
erick Xavier Wilson. son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred w. Wilson of this place,
were married at st. Francis Xavier
Church, Washington, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas p. Littlepage
OF near Bowie have announced the
engagement of their daughter, Ellen.
TO Wilson Lanning Hart, the wedding
TO take place in October at the home
CT the brides parents.