Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1890-02-28
The Court House Bin.

the erection Of court house aud Jail at
la Plata, aud the procuring Of site or
sites for the same. aud authorizing the
County Commissioners Of said county TO
borrow money ald issue bonds for the
payment Of the principal and interest Of
said bonds; appointing an officer for the
disbursement Of the same and for other
purposes.
Sec l. Be it enacted BY the General
Assembly Of Maryland. that the county
seat Of Charles county be, and the same
is hereby removed from Port Tobacco to
La Plata. in siid county.
Sec. 2. And be il further enacted,
That John Il. Mitchell, John G. Chap
man, Henry @ Robertson, j Hilbert
Roberts and b. G. Siouesireet. Of
Charles county, aud State Of Maryland,
be, aud they are hereby constituted a
building committee for the purpose Of
having said court house and Jail erected,
aud selecting site therefore at La Pla-
ia, aud in case Of death or refusal to act
or resignation Of any one or more Of
them, the County Co nmissioners Of
Charles county shall fll their vacancy or
vacancies; the members Of said commit
tee ,hall serve without pay; majority
Of them shall form quorum for the
transaction Of business, aud shall be nee
essary for the decision Of all questions
arising in the discharge Of their duties;
aud said committee shall, as speedily as
may be. procure a site or sites for the
erection of said buildings, by gift. pur-
chase or condemnation for and 10 the
name of the County Commissioners of
said county, sul If proceedings by way
Of condemnation are necessary, they
shall be instituted by said baiHling
committee in the name Of the County
Commissioners for Charles county, and
the proceedings shall be in pursuance of
article % Of the code, subtitle, con
dcmnatiOn of property by corporations,
20 far as the provisions Of the same may
be applicable bereunto; provided the
Circuit Court for Charles county may
confirm the inquisition taken in pursu-
ance Of the provisions of said article on
such notice as shall be fixed by an order
passed on said inquisitions of cot less
than ten nor more than thirty days .fter
The passage Of said order
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
That said building committee shall adopt
plan and specification for said build
ings and the necessary furniture there
fore, and may contract for the same, hav-
ing first invited scaled proposals by ad-
vertisement or otherwise; and contract or
contracts shall be awarded to the lowest
responsible bidder or bidders, who shall
give good and sufficient bond to the
/ Go. Commissioners, to be approved by the
said building committee, for the faithful
performance Of said contract or contracts;
and the SAID building committee are
hereby authorized to sell and dispose Of
such material of the preseni court house
and jail Us may not be required in erect.
ing the building aforesaid, and also to
sell and dispose of the present court
house and Jail lots and to convey the
same to the purchasers thereof, and pro-
ceeds Of said sale snail be part Of the
faDd for erecting the buildings at La
Plata.
Sec. 4 And be it further enacted,
That said buildings shall be COMPLETED
on or before the FIRST day Of July. -.
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fish was navigating. All Of a sudden
aud while those on bond we're intent,
gazing at the first wlale, there was
splaShing of the waters about 30 fee
ahead of the schooner and on the star
board, and another whale was seen t
throw his tail out Of the wacr. These
on board were considerably alarmed a
seeing a whale within such short range
but their alarm was greatly increased
when his whaleship commenced spout
ing great streams high III the air. The
vessel was hove to, and as many as if
teen different whales were counted. Al
one time there were two on both the star
board and port sides of the frail craft,
and the fierce way in which they lashed
the waters caused her to rock considera-
by The m te of the yeisel wanted to
s3oot one of the largest of the whales
but those o. G6aTd Stouily objected fear
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