Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-10-30

therefor, ana TO enter lnto u
contract, or contracts, for the erection of |
suitable building, or buildings, for said |
purpose, and for the purchase of materials
for the same, and for the doing of all otter
aots necessary or proper to be done in car
rying out said design.
Sec. -. After the erection of said asy- |
lum said commissioners shall have full |
power to appoint such managers, keepers,
snperintendents and physicians therefor as |
may be deemed necessary, and to prescribe |
rules for the government thereof, and to |
enter into agreement for the reception OF |
inmates thereof, and to fix and establish |
from time tc time rates at which inmates,
not dependent on said county, shall be re-
ceived, and to fix the duties and compen-
sation of all employees decessary to carry
on said asylum
SEC. =. After the erection of said asy-
lum, all persons who have been heretofore
determined in the Circuit Court for Allie
gany county to be insane paupers, end
who shall be at the time said asylum is
rendy for use inmates of other institutions
at the expense of said comfy, shall be re-
moAed to asylum, and thereafter, whenever
any person shall be found to be an insane
pauper amp dependent OF said county, by
inquisltion in the Circuit Court thereof,
said court shall commit said person to said
asylum, and none other, unless the County
Commissioners shall consent to his being
sent 10 some other institution.
SEC. -. Said County Commissioners are
hereby authorized to levy such sum an
nually upon the taxable property in said
county as may be necessary TO meet the
running expenses of said asylum over and
above its revenues, if any such deficiency
be found to exist.
SEC. =. For the purpose of raising the
necessary funds to purchase the land and
erect the building or buildings, provided
70 in the foregoing sections the commits
sioners OF said comfy are hereby author
lied to issue coupon bonds of said county
in denominations of not less Than one
hvndred nor more than five hundred dol.
lars and to an amount not exceeding thirty
thousand dollars, said bonds to bear in
terest at the rate of six per cent. per an
mum, and to mature and fall due as follows,
viz: five thousand dollars thereof at the
end of five years from the date of issuing
the same, and five thousand dollars at the
end of each year thereafter until all are
due; and said commissioners are authoriz-
ed to dispose of said bonds at not less than
par. and to devote the proceeds thereof 10
the purposes above mentioned; and the
commissioners shall levy annually on the
taxable property in said county sum of
money sufficient to pay the interest on said
bonds, and shall levy on the taxable Prop
erty of said county sum OF money sufti-
cient to pay the principal of said bonds
when and as they mature, and the bonds
issued under the provisions of this section
shall not be liable to be taxed for county
or municipal purposes.
Sec. 2. And be in enacted, That ct the
next election for members of the House of
Representatives held in this State, the
question of whether or not the asylum
mentioned in the preceding subsection
shall be erected, shall be submitted to the
qualified voters of Allegany county, and
that in voting upon said question the
words For tire Insane Asylum" or
against the Insane Asylum" or words
equivalent thereto, may be written or
printed ON the ballots voted; and for the
purpose of detelming whether or not a
majority of the legal votes vo' 7ng upon
said question are in favor of erecting said
asylum, the judges of election in said
county shall count and cast up the num-
Der of votes in thsir respective districts
for and against the same, and ehall keep
said count in seperate book from the
count of the vote for Representatives in
Congress, and the return judges, when
they meet to count up the votes cast for
Representatives, shall also count up and
ascertain; in separate book, the vote
upon said question, and shall make up
certificate for the County Commissioners
of said county, showing she number OF
votes cast in the several election districts
for and against said measure, and said GER
tificate shall be recorded in the office of
the clerk of the Circuit Court Tor said
county, and shall be eviderce of the num-
Der of votes cast for and against said pro-
ject and II it appears thereby that ma
jority of the votes cast upon said subject
were in favor of erecting said Insane Asy-
lum, then the board of County Commits
sioners shall, without delay, proceed to
exercise the powers vested in them by the
afofegoing sub.sections; but if a majority
of the votes upon said subject appear to
be against the erection of ali Insane Asy-
lum, then the said County Commissioners
shall not exercise said powers.
Approved April 10, 1880.
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
CUMBERLAND, MD Oct. 2s, 1880.
The attention of the voters of Allegany
county is called to the above act. In or
der that persons may vote intelligently
upon the subject the following statement
is appended, showing the cost to the coun-
ty Tor keeping its insane paupers, viz:
In Montevue Hospital there are nine
insane paupers, costing each $3.50
per annuM, making. $50
In the Maryland Hospital there are
twelve at $3.50 each. ........... 1900
In Mount Hope there are eight at
$175 each. $500. 80. 1,4OO