Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1860-04-13

the Clerk Of the Superior Court for the
city Of Baltimore, and copy thereof un-
der the seal Of the Clerk Of said Court,
SHALL be good and sufficient evidence
thereof in any Court in the same man
ner, and to the same effect as if the
original thereof had been produced and
proved.
Section 3. And be 1t enacted, That as
soon az the said Commissioners shall be
duly qualified to act as herein before re-
CURED, they shall proceed to ascertain
and estimate the value Of the several To-
bacco Warehouses and the lots attached
thereto belonging to the State, and shall
return separate estimate and valuation
of each of said lots, and Warehouses, to
the Office of the Secretary of State, to be
there kept and preserved, provided how
ever, that said Commissioners shall not
dispose Of any Of said Warehouses, or
any lot or lots wherein said Warehouse
or Warehouses are located, for sum less
than the estimated value Of said Ware
house or Warehouses and the lot or lots
upon which said Warehouses stand, and
the said Commissioners shall be required
to sell the same at public auction, after
having first given public notice Of atleast
ten days previous to said sale, provided
the sum bid shall equal or exceed the es-
timated value.
Section 4. And be 1t enacted, That the
said Commissioners shall have power to
contract for the purchase or leasing of
lot or contiguous lots of ground fronting
and binding on nayigable water of sufii-
cient depth to admit the access of vessels
drawing twenty feet of water when load
ed, and Cd the North West Branch of the
Patapsco River, and Of sufficient number
Of feet both in front and in depth, to adj
NIT of the building thcroupon of a Ware
house or Warehouses competent to re-
ceive for inspection and storage all the
Tobacco which in the judgement of said
Commissioners will be on hand for in
spection and storage in the city of Balti-
more at any one time, and they shall also
have power to contract for the building
of the said Warehouse or Ware houses,
with all the screws, weights and appurte-
nances necessary for the prompt and con-
yenient inspection Of Tobacco, provided,
however, that the said Commissioners
shall not enter into any contract as here
inbefore provided, until and unless they
shall first have ascertained that the pro-
cecds of the lots and Warehouses now
owned by the State, viii be sufficient to
dofp fta xuh oIo nF h.
house or Warehouses authorized to be
built by this Act, and the said Commits
sioners shall have power either to sell the
said lots and Warehouses now owned by
the State or any part thereof, and to APP
ply the proceeds or any part thereof, to
the erection Of new Warehouse or
Warehouses, or to expose of them in ex-
change for the lot or lots hereby author
lied to be purchased, and for the erection
of the Warehouse or Warehouses, hereby |
authorized to be built, as in the opinion |
of said Commissioners may be most ad-
vantageous and economical, provided,
that the said Commissioners, before they
proceed to purchase sites for said Ware
houses, and before they proceed to enter
into contracts for erecting said Ware
houses, they shall open proposals for the
purchase Of said sites, and the erection
of said Warehouses setting forth the
number Of contiguous lots together with
the Warehouses to be built thereon, and |
all the necessary specifications relating
thereto, as also the day when said pro-
posals shall be opened, and the contract
or contracts awarded, and the said con-
tract or contracts shall be awarded to the !
lowest responsible bidder for the erection
of said Warehouses, and the lowest offer
per foot for the fee simple title to said
lots upon which said Warehouses may
be erected.
Section 5, Aad be Il enacted, That
the said Warehouse or Warehouses shall
be fire proof built upon the most ap-
proved plan and in the most substantial
manner, and in case the said Commission
ers shall determine to build more than
one, they shall be erected upon adjoin-
ing lots, so that the inspection of all the
Tobacco inspected in the city of Balti-
more may be conducted under the SUPER
vision of all inspectors, instead of sepa-
rately and in different Warehouses as by
the existing law and practice.
Section 6. And be it enacted, That it
shall be the duty of the said Commits
sioners, to require all persons contracting
with them for the erection of the said |
Warehouse or Warehouses, or for any
part thereof, to give bond to the State il
penalties fixed by them, and with sureties
to be by them approved conditioned for
the faithful performance of said contract
or contracts according to the terms there
of, which bond or bonds shall be recorded
in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior
Court for Baltimore city, and copy |
thereof under the seal of said Court shall |
be as good and sufficient evidence thereof
in any Court, as if the original had been
produced and proved
Section Z. And be II enacted. That so |
soon as the said Warehouse or Ware
houses shall be ready for the reception of
Tobacco for inspection, it shall be the
duty of the inspectors of Tobacco, to re-
move and carry on the inspection in the
said new Warehouse or Warehouses. and
to remove thereto, all tho Tobacco re-
naming in the present Tobacco Ware
houses for inspection or on storage.
Section s. And be IL enacted That
until the said new Warehousa az Wa.o |