The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-02-22
LAWS OF TIE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.

TO issue D0nuS therefore
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
of the State of Mississippi, |
That the Board of Supervisors of
Washington county be and they are
hereby authorized and empowered, to |
issue bonds of Washington county, not |
to exceed one hundred thousand dol
lars.
SEC. 2. That said bonds shall be |
payable to bearer and shall become |
due and payable twenty years from
and after the date of said bond; pro-
vided, however, that the Board of Su-
pervisors may, five years after the date
Of said bonds, and annually thereafter
pay five thousand dollars OF said bonds.
Said bonds shall be paid in the order
of their number, beginning at number
one.
SEC. 3. That said bonds shall bear
such rate of interest not to exceed sew
en- per cent per annum, as the Board
of Supervisors of said county may, by
order entered upon the minutes of
said Board before the issuance of said
bonds direct; said interest shall be
payable annually on the first day of
February of each year, at the office of
the treasurer of Washington county I;
provided, however, if the bonds here
in provided for shall be issued after
the first of February, 1890, they shall
bear interest only from the date of
their Issuance.
SEC. 4. That the clerk Of the Board
of Supervisors shall cause to be litho
graphed bonds with coupons attached,
with such devise for identification and
TO prevent imitation Us may be agreed
upon by the president of said Board Of
Supervisors and himself and said clerk
shall register said DO Ids as the same
are issued in book to be kept by him
for that purpose, and shall take the re-
ceipt OF the party for the same, upon
the delivery thereof; said bonds shall
be of the denomination of one thous-
and dollars each, and shall be number
ed from one progressively.
SIC. 8. SAID Board of Supervisors
shall sell or cause to be sold said bonds
or a sufliciency thereof for the purposes
hereinafter mentioned for not less than
their face value.
SEC. 6. From the proceeds Of the
sale Of said bonds, said Board of Su.
pervisors shall cause to be built court
house and Jail at the county site OF
Washington county.
SEC. 7. Said Board shall advertise
for plans and specification Is for said
court house end Jail, which advertise.
If Mt shall be insc ted in the several
newspapers published in the city Of
Green, lie and ty 0 daily newspapers
published in the city of Memphis, Ten.
nessee, for at least twenty days before
q plan of said court house and Jail Il
adopted by said Board, and If plan
r1d specification Is accepted and adop'
ted by said Board, they aie authorized
to pay therefor out of the proceeds re.
allzed from the sale of said bonds an
amount not to c .ceed four hundred
dollars. But said Board may rejec
all of the plans submitted to them.
SEC. s. Said Board may erect sale
court house and jail on the lot upol
which the present court house and jail
of said county Is now located. or sale
Board may sell and convey by deet
duly executed by the president of sale
Board, the lands and buildings nov
owned and occupied by said county a
a court house and jail and may pur
chase from the proceeds of said bonds
a suitable plat of ground within tn
limits of Greenville, for Washington
county, upon which shall be erected
said buildings. And said Board may
they desire, appoint a committee 0
three disinterested persons, to select
plat of ground for the aforesaid pur
pose. If the lot now used for count
purposes be sold the proceeds thereo
shall be used in the erection of a ney
court house and jail.
SEC. 9. Said Board may employ
competent engire-r, to supervise tn
, construction of said building, VIII
, shall see that the plan adopted by sal
Board is complied with and that th
, material contracted for is used in th
! construction of each Of said buildings
Said engineer may be discharged q
, any time for failure to perform hi
! duty and another appointed in hi
stead. The compensation for super
: vising the construction of said built
ing shall not exceed five hundred do
a lars.
: SEC. 10. After the Board of Supel
visors have procured and adopted
, pm and specification TOR said builc
> ings, they shall advertise in the afort
! said papers, for bids for the erectio
of said buildings, giving due notice c
the time of considering said bids, bu
said Board may reject any and all bid
! and readvertise for bids. The col
j tract for the erection Of said building
, shall be let to the lowest and best bic
der, who shall enter into bond, payi
I BILE to the Board Of Supervisors {
n Washington county, for the faithfl
. performance of his contract in q
\ amount equal to one-half of his bic
\ said Board may let said contract as
! whole, or they may let the sever,
4 kinds of work about each of said buill
lngs separately, and they shall invil
: bids for the whole of said work, an
!, also for the several parts thereof.
!. the several parts of said buildings /
a lei to different contractors, each col
tractor shall give bond in an amour
!. equal to one-half If his bid, condition
= ed as aforesaid, AID all bonds take
q under this act shall have at least tw
q good and solvent surities, residents {
the State of Mississippi, which bono
n shall be approved by the Board Of ST
i pervisors and shall accompany the bi
= of said contractor.
SEC. II. The Board may make an
contract touching said work that ma
: be advantageous to said county M
!. inconsistent with this act, but in ever
! case al least twenty per cent. Of Ii
] amount due under any contract mad
q under this act shall be retained by sal
Board until said Board Is fully sati
I fled that the work contracted for an
p material used in the construction {
4 said work has been done, and is of h