The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-05-05
PUBLIC LOCAL Law
Relating to Hartford County.
Enacted january Session 1870
Published BY AUTHORITY.
CHAPTER 2fG.

! An Act to authorize and empower the Coun-
ty Commissioners of Hartford county, in
! their discretion, to issue bonds for the pur.
/ pose of funding certain Indebtedness ofthe
/ Board of County School Commissioners of
Hartford county, and to levy tax for the
payment of the same.
Section /. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland, That the County Commits
sioners of Hartford county, be and they are
hereby authorized, in their discretion, to issue
bonds TO an amount not exceeding twenty-five
thousand dollars, In sums of not less than one
hundred nor more than one thousand dollars,
each to be signed by the President of the Board
of said County Commissioners and counter
signed by the Clerk of said Board said bonds
to bear six per cent, payable semi-annualy on
the first day of April, and on the first day of
October, in each and every year, during which
the said bonds may run and remain unpaid, and
the coupons for interest on said bonds shall be
receivable by the Collectors of taxes for said
county In payment for county taxes provided,
that said bonds shall be sold at public sale to
the highest responsible bidder for cash, four
weeks prior notice of time and place Of sale
having been given by advertisement in two
newspapers In said county, and also, provided,
that said bonds shall be free of county taxation
Secton2. And be it enacted That said bonds
shall be issued to mature at such dates as shall
not require the payment in any one year of
more than q, 900 of the principal sum thereof,
and shall be rcdeemable at the pleasure of the
said County Commissioners at or before their
maturity, but none of said bonds shall be issued
to mature before the first day of April, 1873.
! Section 3. And be it enacted, That to redeem
said bonds, the County Commissioners of Har-
ford county shall annually levy upon the assess
able property of said county, tax sufficient to
| pay the interest thereon and the PRINCIPAL of
such portion as may mature in each and every
year after the date of their issue, and said levy
shall be designated as "Schoo Fund.-" provided
that interest on said bonds shall cease after ma
turiIy
Section 4. And be it enacted, That the pro-
ceeds arising from the aforementioned bonds,
shall be paid over by the County Commission
ers TO the Treasurer Of The Board of County
School Commissioners of said county, who
shall Immediately apply said proceeds TO the
payment of the aforesaid indebtedness now due
by said school Commissioners, and TO no other
purpose.
section 5 Aud be it enacted. That hereafter
the Board OF County School Commissioners of
'al1 county 5halluot cNpend ior -chOol purposes
orfor any other purpose, greater sum 0 nionev
IN any one year than shall be annually levied Tor
school purposes ty the County Commissioners of
said county, in addition TO The amount annually
received by the said school Commissioners from
the Treasurer of the State. and they shall not uor
row any sum or sums of money In any one year
in excess of their actual receipts and incomes
Tor each year as provided for by law, and it
shall not be lawful for said County School Com
missloners to contract or pay any debt In excess
OF the annual revenues provided by law for
school purposes, nor shall the County Commits.
sioners for said county assume or pay any debt
or any portion thereof contracted In violation
of the provisions of this Act.
Section g. And be it enacted, That all laws
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be
and the same are hereby repealed.
Section 2. And be 1t enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
We hereby certify, that the aforegoing is
correct copy of an Act of Assembly passed Jan,
uary Session, 1876.
Approved April 9Th, 1876.
MlLTONY. KIDD,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
AUGUSTUS GASSAWAY,
apal Secretary of the Senate.