Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-06-03
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS.
CHAPTER 207.-AN ACT


fof tue purpose of erecting thereon 10
comotivc and machine works, and TO
provide for paying the purchase money
therefor by the issue and sale of bonds.
SECTION t. BE ii enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That the Mayor
ard City Council! of Cumberland be, and
| they are hereby authorized and empowered
TO purchase within tie limits of said city
ground, not exceeding three acres in guam
| tity, for the purpose OF convey ing The same
| to Thomas II. Paul and j. II. H. Paul, up.
on condition that the said II omas III. Paul
and j. L. II. Paul shall within one year
after sGid conveyance, erect thereon loco.
motive and machine works for the building
or manufacture OF locomotive engines and
other machinery, or upon such other con-
ditions as may be agreed upon between the
said Mayor and City Council on the one
part, and SAID Thomas III. Paul aud j. L.
| H. Paul on the other part, and SAID Mayor
and City Council are hereby authorized
and empowered 10 provide by ordinance
for the purchase of said ground, and TO
take and receive deed of conveyance for
the same in the corporate name OF said
city, and to convey said ground to said
Thomas II. Paul aud j. T, ii. Paul, their
heirs and assigns, upon the conditions
aforesaid, and are authorized, in their dis
cre,ion, to provide in and by said deed of
conveyance that the title 10 said land shall
revert to said city il it shall AZ any time
cease to be used for the purposes io- which
1t was granted.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That said
Mayor and City Council of Cumberland
are hereby authorized and empowered for
the purpose of raising funds to make the
purchases in the first section of this Act
provided for, TO issue coupon bonds of said
city to an amount not exceeding ten thou
sand dollars (f10,0O0) in such denomina.
lions us to them may seem best, payable at
a period not exceeding twenty years, and
Iedeemabe any time after five years from
the date thereof, at the option of the May
or ana City Council, said bonds to bear i'll
terest not exceeding five per cent. per an
mum, payable semi.annually from the date
thereof, and said bonds stall he signed by
the Mayor and City Cl,Ik and attested by
the corporate seal OF the city, and said
bonds shall be exempt Fl m taxation 10y
said city, and thl coul ons, after maturity
shall be receivable Tor city taxes
SEC 3. And be it enacted, That the said
Mayor and CITY Council are authorized and
empow cred to sell sad onds II not less
than par and to app,y the proceeds thereof
to the purchase OF such lral estate, inn
proyud OF unimproved us said Mayor and
Cit, Council shsii determine 20 purchase
for the purposes specified in the iirst sec
ton Of this Act.
SEC i. And Da il enacted, Tint said
Mayor and City Council shall have paW e.
and are hereby required. fiom timeto me
to levy such special taxes upon the assess
able and taxable property Of said city as
may he neces airy TO meet the interest on
SAID bombs and 10 pay the principal there
of at maturity, or when and TO such extent
as the said Mayor and City Council may
determine.
SEC. 3. And be il enacted, That : Il
Mayor and CITY CUuacilcf Cumberland b(
and are hereby authorized and empowered
nj the next election for members of The
City Council or by special election, rs they
may deem nest proper, to submit to tht
legal voters of sand city the question as &c
whether or not the purchase of real estate
and issue of bonds hcreii providedlor shal
be made, and said Mayor and CIT CounCi
are hereby authorized and empowered e
provide by ordinance for the submission %
such question and for giving notice to lht
voters of said city of such submission ant
to direct by such ordinance what word!
upon any ballot shall constitute vote fol
: or against said proposition, and to provide
fer counting and returning said vote, and i
/ two-thirds of the votes cast upon SAID ques
/ ton are in favor of sucn purchase and issu,
OF bonds, then said Mayor and City Coun
Gil shall have power, III Their discretion
subject to the provisions OF the next sue
, ceeding section of this Act, TO proceed Il
exercise the powers vested in them by thi
Act, but il less than two thirds of the vote
cast upon said question are i'll favor OF salt
, proposition, then SAID Mayor and Git,
COuncii shall not exercise any Of the pow
=, crs provided for in this Act
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That If at tn
election provided for in the last precedin!
section lWo-thlrGs of the votes cast upOi
SAID question are in favor of making tn
purchase and issuing the bonds hGrcinOp
fore mentioned, then said Mayor and Git.
Council, before they proceed TO make an.
| purchase or issue any bonds under this Act
Shall take from said Thomas Ii. Paul ant
j. i. Ii. Paul bond with approved secu
rity, as said Mayor and City Council ma.
deem proper, conditioned that when SAT-
city shall have purchased and paid for TN
ground TO be so purchased by IT, they (th
said Thomas Ill. Paul and j. T. Ii. PAU
will accept conveyance OF said land s.
purchased, and will within reasonable
Tune after same is conveyed to them, build
erect and equip thereon such manufacture
ing works as shall have been agreed upul
bet ven them and the said Mayor and Git
Council.
SEC. z. And be It enacted, That the sale
Mayor and City Council OF Cumberland
may in their discretion decline to suba.l
The proposition contained in this Act TO tht
voters 0i said city as provided in section
of this Act, and Ill the event If their deter
mining not TO so submit said question Il
shill not exercise ny Of the pow els yesle'
in them by the first, second, third ans
fourth sections Of this Act.
SEC 9. And b ii enacted, That this Ac
shall take effect tom the date OF lis pas
passage.
Approved May 3, 1882
We D. reby cerIiy That the alDregonl
is couclt copy 0i an Act OF the Genol"
, Assembly of Maryland, passed lanulr,
Session, 1882. j. NJ. MILLER,
Secretary OF the Senate,
JOSEPH Il. SETH,
Chief CLERK Of the House of Delegates
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