The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-05-03
,rRr,IC LOCAL LAW
l I'D at the Session Of the General
faS'Il lssemJly Of Maryland, 1854.
CHAPTER 227.


~ ,cT to authorize the Mayor and Com.
AZ Council of the city of Westminster to
tic Bonds or Certificates of Indebted.
20 an amount not exceeding Twenty.
@ Tro Thousand Dollars, for the purpose Of
.oyiding means for the Grading, Paving,
Nacadamizing the Streets in the city Of
W..,m;nster and the Construction of Sewers.
SECTION |. Be it enacted by the General
,.,embly of Maryland, That the Mayor and
ass,mon Council of Westminster be, and
IOra, I"r are hereby, authorized and empowered
mt, ,sne Bonds in the name of the Mayor and
C.mmon y Council of Westminster, in sums
COln,s lass than one hundred dollars nor more
II"n Iu' one thousand dollars, to be signed by the
,an %aror and countersigned by the Clerk of said
Tagmon Council of Westminster, not exceed
.oub n;n The whole the sum of twenty-five thou
lnsd dollars, bearing interest not exceeding
~ % ner centum per annum, payable seui-
snnually. M on the first day of January and on
,La first day of July in each and every year;
ulG J so;d bonds shall not be disposed of at less
sLan lnu tbe par value thereof, and the same shall
bs exempt from county and municipal taxa
uVS: Srcr,oy 9. And be it enacted, That the
IA bonds shall be issued payable twenty
sa"rs Sau from the date thereof, and redeemable
y any time after the expiration of ten years
from the date thereof, at the pleasure of the
Wovor and Common Council of Westminster,
and the said bonds shall be consecutively
unmbered as the same shall be issued.
SECTION 3. And be it enacted, That the
aid sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or
% much thereof as may be necessary for this
nurnose shall be, by the said Mayor and
Eommon Council, used and applied exclu-
syeIy to the payment of the costs and ex-
neuses of paving, grading, or macadamizing,
and in construction of sewers, in such street
or streets in said city of Westminster as the
said Mayor and Common Council may order
SrcTIoy A. And be it enacted, That the
said Mayor and Common Council be, and
tbey are hereby, authorized and required in
each and every year to levy and collect spe-
c;sI tax. not exceeding ten cents on every one
hundred dollars worth of the taxable property
of ali kinds and descriptions liable to assess
ment and taxation within the corporate limits
of the city of Westminster, to pay the interest
on the outstanding bonds by them issued un-
der the provisions of this act as the same shall
falI due and to gradually redeem and retire
such bonds until they shall all have been re-
deemed and retired, and the proceeds of such
tax shall be paid to the said Mayor and Com
mon Council, and forthwith by them applied
to the redemption of said bonds when and
a. soon AZ they shall become redeemable, and
the said taxes are hereby inyiolably pledged
to the payment of the interest and principal
of said bonds.
SECTION 5. And be it further enacted,
That the Mayor and Common Council of
Westminster be, and they are hereby, author
;zed and empowered to take the sense of the
peoDle of the city of Westminster in relation
to the isz4ing of the bonds provided for in
this act, By submitting the question to the
qualified voters of said city, on such day and
at said place and between such hours of the
day as the said Mayor and Common Council
NAV order and direct, which shall be not
more than thirty days after the passage of this
law: and at such election the qualified voters
of said city are authorized to cast ballot
''For Paving or Macadamizing Streets and
Construction of Sewers" or ballot against
Paving or Macadamizing Streets and Con-
structon of Sewers" and the result of such
election shall be certified to the said Mayor
and Common Council of Westminster; and if
the majority of the votes cast be ''For Paving
or Macadamizing of Streets and Construction
of Sewers the said Mayor and Common
Council shall be forthwith authorized and en-
powered to exercise the authority vested in
them by the provisions of this act.
SECTION 6. And be it enacted, That this
act shall take effect from the date of its pas
sage. -
J. PEMBROKE TH0M,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
HENRY LLOYD,
President of the Senate.
Approyed Sth April, 1884,
- R0BT. ". McLANE,
WSB Governor
Set:
/. SPENCER C. JONES, Clerk OF the
Court of Appeals of Maryland, do hereby GER
ify that the foregoing ia q full and true copy
4 the Act of the General Assembly of Mary
aa&, of which it purports to be o copy, as
aiken from the original law, deposited in and
10 the office of the Clerk of the