The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-06-24
LOCAL LAW.
CHAPTER 1879.


To authorize the County Commissioners of
Carroll County to repair, and to build an
addition to the Court House in said county,
and to borrow money for that purpose, to
issue bonds for the payment of the same,
aud to levy taxes on the assessable proper
ty in said county to redeem said bonds and
to pay the interest thereon.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, that the County Com
missiOners of Carroll County, be and they are
hereby authorized and empowered to contract
for and to superintend the repairing of the
Court House in said county and the building
of an addition thereto, so as to provide good
and sufficient fire-proof room for the safe
keeping of the Public Records of said county,
and also to improve and enlarge said Court
House in such manner as said Commissioners
may deem proper; and for the purpose of
paying for the said repairs and addition to the
said Court House, the said County Commits
sioners are hereby authorized to borrow, on
the credit of said county, such sum or sums
of money as may be necessary, not exceeding
in all the sum of twelve thousand dollars, and
to issue bonds or coupon bonds therefor in
sums of not less than one hundred dollars nor
more than one thousand dollars, to be signed
bv the President of the Board of said Com
missioners and to be countersigned by the
County Treasurer of said county, and have
the corporate seal of said Commissioners af-
fixed thereto bearing interest not exceeding
per cent. per annum, payable semi annually
on the first day of April and of October IN
each year after their issue and until the same
are paid, provided that said bonds shall not
be disposed of by the said Commissioners at
less than their par value.
SECTION , And be it further enacted, that
when said bonds are issued they shall be re-
deemable at the pleasure of the said County
Commissioners, at or before the maturity
thereof and shall be made payable at such
times that not more than two Thousand dol
lars thereof shall mature in any one year.
SECTION 8. And be it further enacted, that
the Treasurer of the State of Maryland be
and he is hereby authorized and directed TO
pay to the County Commissioners of Carroll
County in each and every year such excess of
fees as may be paid into the treasury of the
State after the first day of December, in the
year eighteen hundred and eighty-one, by the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Carroll County,
being the amount Of fees received by said
Clerk in excess of his compensation for the
discharge of his duties, and for the expenses
of his offices; and further that the sum of
money so paid by the Treasurer to the said
Commissioners shall be applied by them ex
elusively for the purpose of paving the inter
est on the bonds authorized to be issued by
this act. and If sufficient for the purpose, of
also paying the principal of said bonds; and
farther, that the payment OF said excess of
fees by said Treasurer to the said Commits
sioners shall continue TO be made until said
bonds shall have been fully paid and satisfied
and 40 longer; and further, that the said
County Commissioners are hereby authorized
and empowered to levy annually on the as
sessable property Of said county tax sufii-
cient TO paw the semi-annnai interest on said
bonds. less the amount annually received by
them from the Treasurer of the State rs afore-
said, If any, and shall also levy, when neces-
sary. for such sum as may be requisite to pay
the principal Of said bonds as the same may
accrue when due; said levy to be designated
on the Records of the Office of said Commits
sioRers and ON the face Of said bonds as the
Court House Repair Fund.
Section a. And be il further enacted, that
the boads authorized by this act shall be ex-
empt from all taxation, and that the interest
on said bonds shall be receivable IN payment
Of county taxes.
SsCrlox 8. And be il further enacted, that
this act shall take effect from the date of its
passage. -,
OTIS KEILHOLTz,
Speaker OF the House of Delegates
GEORGE HAWKINS WILLIAMS,
President of the Senate.