Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1878-02-14

4 bonds Inc county commissioners shall anuu-
ally levy upon the asscssablc property Of
! Charles county, a tax sufficient 10 pay tie in
tercsi on said loan, said portion OF the prn-
I cipal sum 10 lie annually paid. and for the
/ collection thereof said levy 10 be separately
/ designated as the cuunty court house fund,
J TO- And h. Il sHacifd That the bonds here
/ by authorized shall he exempt from all taxa
| ton. and that interest on said bonds shall be
receivable in payment { the county taxes.
/ H. Ind be Il endcted, That If the coaniy
commissioners. shall find it impracticabIe to
raise the sum of money required 10 build the
court house and purchase a site therefor ex-
cept upon dlsadyaniagc0us terms, IN the way
hegcinbeiorc provided they are hereby author
1874 q sorre such san snaas as may %
| perry Of the said county OF Charles for the
sumo in such annual instruments as they may
! deem cXpedieut
II. .Aadbe enacted That the county com
missioners Of the said county shall, as speedi-
~ as possibly after the publication of the
Governors Proclamation as liereinbeforc pro-
vided, procure and adopt plan and spcciiica-
tons for said building; and they shall invite
scaled proposals, by publication for areisona-
Die time for building the said court house
and necessary offices and furnishing the same
and that the party or parties proposing 70
erect the said building and the party or par
tics pro osing to supply furniture for the same
shall present their proposals in sealed enve-
lopes. to be deposited with said county com
missioncfs or their clerk, which propose shall
set forth the amount Of money for winch ne
or they Pre- pose to do the work or supply the
furn turc: and good and sufficient security
shall be taken by the said county commission
ers from the party or parties contracting TO
erect the eaid building ana from the party OF
parties contracting to furnish the same, IN the
name Of the unty commissioners Tor Charles
county, as a security for the faithful perior-
nance Of such contract or contracts for erect
I ing said building and furnishing the same
shall be awarded to the lowest responsible
/ bidder.
IS And be il enacted. That when said build
ing shall be completed, the said county Com
missioners shall make full and explicit state
ment al the number and amount Of bond
| sold AS aforesaid, give full and detailed state
menL of the cost Of id building and fur -
turel the nnme OF every pcKon 20 whom -
, CIV H. paid in Nrecting Nid bnildlhs au'
r SUPPLYING furniture for the same and puoIls
said statement in one or more newspaper
, published in Charles county
a. And be Il eHaeted That tins act anal
take affect from the date Of its pass &C.
Ordinarily we do not approve OF anti
cipating the action Of either Senator o
Delegates by publishing in advance bill
B which they are maturing for the ac'io
, of the Legislature. W. step aside fro'
our ideas of propriety in this case OIL
z because some of our people are under tn
f impression that the Legislature Is BEN
G urged to cause the Court House to be re
a moved without consulting the people o
the measure. A reading of the bill Sc
d this at rest. and shows that the propos
n ton is to allow the people to vote on ii
IF question and that majority OF the vot'
= shall decide the issue. The bill also di
ie sipates the idea that it will overwhel
:. our people with taxes, for the provision
y stipulae that only two thousand dolla
d Of the borrowed principal shall be pa
r ',nGUatiy, ana the interest on tRc wH0i
also to be annually paid. 1t will thu
be seen that every year the debt incur
: red will be diminished to the extent {
two thousand dollars of its principal an
|, necessarily attended by correspondent
c dminution of the amount OF interest =
! The taking the Court House to la Plat
would, Of course, be followed by the cree
, ton Of many new buildings there which
by reason Of taxation, would material
f contribute towards the extinction Of tn
1 debt. 1t will thus be seen that the del
/ itself would be yearly decreasing and tn
: opportunities for paying ii off entire
yearly multiplying BY the last annug
statement furnished by the County Com
missioners we ascertain the amount G
asscssable property in this county, sub
ject to county taxes to be stated at So,
522 1873 90 On this amount an addi
tional tax of seven cents on the hundred
dollSrs would be ample. for the irst year
to ply the two Thousand dollars and til,
interest on the whole. and for each sue
ceeding year the amount to be levied t
pay the same would grow less and les
until the whole debt is extinguishcd.
| On this matter we, in common witt
others, a majority. as we believe, of GU
voters, only ask to be allowed the RICH
to vote. 1t doesn't follow at all that be
+ cause we favor this proposition, we shall
vote for the bill when it is submitted t
the people. That depends entirely upol
the terms of the bill itself after it is pass
ed. If. in our Judgment, it is oppre>
sive We shall be ready to help defeat i
before the people. We are ANXIOUS The
Court House should be removed because
we believe it to the interest of the coun-
ty, and the same motives will influence
US to vote against any measure which
needlessly imposes oppressive burthens
and holds out no promise or prospect OF
returning reasonable equivalent The
text of the billabove published is not La
be to such charges, but is exactly the
reverse, anl hence it receives and has
our unqnaliiad sanction. That the peo-