Montgomery County sentinel., 1890-02-28
THE NEW COURTHOUSE LAW.
CHAPTER IL.

AN ACT to authorize the county commits
sioners OF Montgomery county to borrow
money on the credit of the county for the
purpose of erecting new fire-proof court
house in the town of Rockville, in said
county; 10 issue bonds for the payment of
the same, and TO levy taxes on the assessa-
bile property of said county TO redeem said
bonds and TO pay the interest thereon, and
To provide for the erection and furnishing
Of said court house.
SECTION | Be it enacted by the General
Assembly OF Maryland, That new Gre-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
nit ure for The accommodation OF the Courts
10 he 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, DR.. Charles J. Maddox, Samuel $.
Hayes, Allan Farquhar aud John II llogey
be and they are hereby appointed building
committee for the purpose OF having said new
court house erected, and shall zach receive
the sum Of fly dollars to defray their ex-
penses in discharging the duties required of
them by this act. Three OF them shull torn.
IA quorum Tor the Transaction OF all business,
aud the concurrence OF three of them shall
be necessary in the decision OF all questions
which ma, arise iu the discharge Of their du-
lies All vacancies occurring in said build
ing committee, whether from death, resigna-
ton, refusal to act, or otherwise, shalt he
filled by the county commissioners ot said
county.
SEp ,. And he 1t enacted, That the said
building committee shall as speedily MS pos
sible procure and adopt plan and specifca-
tons for said building, and they shall invite
sealed proposals, by publication for reason
able time, for building the 60 .rt house and
offices and furnishing the same, and The party
or parties proposing TO build the cour house
and 10 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 furni ture; aud good and
sufficient security shall be taken by he said
building committee for the use of said county
commissioners, and in their name, from the
party ar parties contracting to erect said
building and Offices, and from the party or
pai 'iNo 'bhi"NtuB w iuTuisu ouIHt, ub u
security lor the faithful performance of such
contract Or contracts as may be entered into
and the contract or contracts for building the
aaid court house and offices and furnishng
the same shall be awarded to the lowest re-
sponsible bidder and the said building com
mtiee are hereby directed 10 include all the
material in the present court house, and also
al 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 in awarding
the contract for building the same Provided,
however, that the building occupied by the
county school commissioners, us aforesaid
shall not bc 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 rs can be ac
cOmmodated therein during The erection Of
the new bidding.
SIC. A.. And be il enacted, That said court
house shall he ia all respects completed and
furnished on or before the first day Of Octo-
Der, 10 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, to the said county commission
ers, Of their actions and expenditures, giving
the name OF every person To whom money
was paid in ereGting said building and fur
pishing tbs samo; and the said county com
Inissioners shall cause the said report 10 be
published once in the usual manner Of pub
fishing public matter in said Montgomery
county.
SEC. 3. And be IL 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
s.f aaiH Hsnu upft
ing fifty thousand dollars, and TO issue cou-
pom bonds therefor in sums Of not less than
one hundred dollars nor more than Que thous-
| and dollars each, TO be signed by the Presi-
dent Of the board Of county commissioners
and its clerk, and sealed with the seal oil the
Office said bon is 10 bear interest at the rate
of four er centum per annum, payable semi
annually, and dated on The day Of their issue (;
said bonds shall he advertised 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 ut 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 OF said coun-
| ty shall annually levy upon the assessable
: property OF said county tax sufficient to pay
4 the interest thereon and two thousand dollars
OF the principal debt; and said levy shall be
! designated as the Court House Debt Fund d"
SEC. I. And be it enacted, That the bonds
hereby authorized shall be exempt from ell
taxation and that interest on ssiG bonds shall
be received by tho collectors of said county
ia paynent Of the county taxes.
SgO 8. And be il enacted, That during thu
time said new court house is being erected
the county commissioners of said county
shall provide suitable rooms in ihe town o
Rockville for the public Offices OF shid COUNTY
and for the holding Of the terms Of the Cir
cult Court for said county.
SEC. o. And be ii enacted, That this &C
shall shall take effect from the date Of its pas
sage
JOHN HUBNER,
Speaker Of the House of Delegates.
Il. y. BRATTAN,
President Of the Senate.
Approved February 18Th, 1890.
ELIHU Il. JACKSON,
Governor.
hereby certify thai the foregoing Is a col
rect copy OF an Act Of the General Assembl
o; Maryland, passed January Session, 1890
CARLTON SIAFER,
CBisf Clerk House OF Delegates.