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Black and White Photograph of a wharf along an inlet of Chesapeake Bay within St. Mary's County.

A black and white photograph of the Bushwood Wharf in 1915.

Black and white photograph of the factory owner Calvin Sampson.

The image is a drawing of Oyster tongs.

The Postcard features a people in Baltimore Maryland oyster harvesting.

Councilman Wall presented a communication, enclosing a letter from the Traffic Manager of the Plant r.r. co. inquiring if it was deemed advisable by the Board of health to require certificates of vaccination from passengers from Havana who land at…

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On excessive fines charged by the police:

“A communication was presented from Mrs. G.D. Powell, complaining that the bill sent in by the Captain of Police for cleaning up her lot was excessive. Referred to the Committee…

“Messrs. J.B. Wall and S. M. Sparkman, representing the Electric Sight Co. submitted a proposition that the section of the Memorandum of Agreement exempting the it from liability for the interest on bonds to be issued by the Company for failure to…

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“For the Fourth ward W.M. Kling, Manuel Ramos and Emelia Pons were appointed inspectors and Jose Hernandez, clerk of Elections, and the office of Ybor City Sand Co. designated as the polling place.”

Transcribed from a communication sent by the mayor:

“A communication was presented from the Mayor calling attention to the fact that the city was without a scavenger and recommending that immediate steps be taken to carry our the scavenger work…