Montgomery County sentinel., 1890-03-07
THE NEW COURTHOUSE LAW.


AN ACI TO authorize the county commits
sioners oil Montgomery county to borro W
money on the credit of the county for the
purpose of erecting a new ire.proof court
house in the town of Rockville In said
county; TO issue bonds for the payment OF
the same, and to levy taxes on tha assessa-
ble property OF said county to redeem ga id
bonds and TO pay the interest thereon, and
To provide for the erection aud furnishing
OF said court house.
SECTION Be II enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That new ire-proof
court house shall be built, with all necessary
offices, in the town of Rockville in Mont
gomery county, on the site of the present
! court house, and that said new court house
and offices, when constructed, shall be fur
nished with all the necessary cases and fur
niture for the accommodation OF the Courts
to be held in said building for said county.
| members OF the bar and public officers and
with such other things as their convenience
may require.
SEC. >. And he it enacted, That James A.
Boyd, Dir. Charles J. Maddox, Samuel S.
Hayes, A liam Farquhar and John II Bogley
be and they are hereby appointed u building
committee for the purpose Of having said new
court house erected, and shall each receive
the sum Of fifty dollars to defray their ex-
penses in discharging the duties required of
them by this act. Three of them shall form
quorum for the transaction of all business,
and the concurrence of three of them shall
be necessary in the decision OF all questions
which may arise in the discharge of their du-
ties All vacancies occurring In said build
ing committee, whether from DEATH resigna-
iion, refusal TO act, or otherwise, shall be
filled BY the county commissioners of said
county.
SIC 3. And be 1t enacted, That the said
building committee shall us speedily rs pos
sible procure and adopt II plan and specihca-
lons for said building, and they shall invite
sealed proposals, by publication for u reason
able time, for building the coarl house and
offices and furnishing the same, and the party
or parties proposing 10 build the court house
and TO supply the furniture for the same shall
present or send their proposals in sealed en-
velopes 10 the clerk OF the county commits
sioners OF said county, TO be by him delivered
to said building committee on the day named
by them for publicly opening said proposals.
Said proposals shall set forth the amount of
money for which he or they propose to do the
work or supply the furn ture and good and
sufficient security shall be taken BY the said
building committee for the use of said county
commissioners aud in their name, from the
party or parties contracting to erect said
building and Offices, and from the party or
parties contracting 10 furnish the same, as
contract or contracts as may be entered into
and the contract or contracts for building the
said court house aud offices and furnishing
The same shall he awarded TO the lowest re-
sponsible bidder and the said building COM
mittee are hereby directed to include all the
material ia the present court house, and also
all the material in the building now occupied
by the county school commissioners Of said
county, in advertising for proposals for build
ing said new court house, and 10 awarding
the con ract for building the same Provided,
however, that the building occupied by the
county school commissioners, as aforesaid,
shall not be torn down and the material there
of removed until the completion of said new
court house, but shall be retained for the use
Of such officers OF The county as can be AZ
commodated therein during The erection of
the new b,.ilding.
SEC. 4. And be il enacted, That said court
house shall be ia all respects completed and
furnished on or before the first day of Octo-
Der, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety
one, and within thirty days thereafter the said
building committee shall make full, clear
and explicit report with vouchers for all their
expenditures, 10 the said county commission
ers, OF their actions and expenditures, giving
the name Of every person to whom money
was paid IN erecting said building and fur
nsliing the same; and the said county com
missiOners shall cause the said report TO be
published once ia the usual manner Of pub
fishing public matter in said Montgomery
county.
SEC. >. And be ii enacted, That for the
purpose OF paying for said new court house,
and furnishing the same, the said county com
missioners OF Montgomery county are hereby
authorized and directed TO borrow on the
credit Of said county an amount not exceed
ing fifty thousand dollars, and 10 issue cou-
pom bonds therefor in sums of not less than
one hundred dollars nor more than one ihous,
and dollars each, TO be signed by The Presi
dent Of the board Of county commissioners
and lis clerk, and sealed with the seal of the
Office said bon Is to bear interest NJ the rate
of four er centum per annum, payable semi
annually, and dated on the day OF their issue
said bonds shall he ad dgertised and sold TO the
highest bidders, at not less than their face
value, by the county commissioners of said
county, for cash.
SEC. 6. And be il enacted, That said bonds
shall be issued to mature at twenty-five years
from their date, but shall be redeemable at
the pleasure OF said county commissioners at
or before their maturity. That 10 redeem said
bonds the county commissioners fsaid coun-
ty shall annually levy upon the assessable
property OF said county a tax sufficient to pay
the interest thereon and two thousand dollars
OF the principal debt; and said levy shall be
designated as the "Court House Debt Fund "
SEC. T. Aud be it enacted, That The bonds
hereby authorized shall be exempt from all
taxation, and that interest on said bonds shall
be received by the collectors OF said county
in paymeh; of the county taxes
SIC g. Aud be it enacted, That during the
time said new court house is being erected.
the county commissioners of said county
shall pro,i ide suitable rooms in the town of
Rockville for The public Offices OF said county
and for the holding Of the terms Of the Cir
cult Court for said county.
SEC. 8. And be il enacted That this act
shall shall take effect from the date of is pas
sage.
JOHN HUBNER,
Speaker of the House of Delegates
X. +. BRATTAN.
President Of the Senate.
Approved February 18Th, 1890.
ELIHU y. JACKSON,
Governor.
hereby certify that the foregoing is cor
rect copy of an Act of the General Assembly
Of Mary land, passed January Session, 1890.
CARLTON SHAPER,
Chief Clerk House OF Delegates.
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