Montgomery County sentinel., 1890-02-21
THE NEW COURTHOUSE LAW
CHAPTER Al

AN ACT to authorize the county cOmmi
sioners OF Montgomery county to borro'
money on the credit Of the county for III
purpose OF erecting new fre-proof conr
house in the town of Rockville in sai
county; TO issue bonds for the payment O
the same, and 10 levy taxes on the assessa
BILE property of said county to redeem sai'
bonds and 10 pay the interest thereon, anC
10 provide for the erection and furnishing
OF said court house.
SECTION BE it enacted by the Genera
Assembly of Maryland, That new iire-proo
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
nlshed with all the necessary cases aud 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. :. Aud he it enacted, That james A.
Boyd, DR.. Charles j. Maddox, Samuel S.
Hayes, Allan Farquhar and John II Hogley
be aud they are hereby appointed II building
committee tor the purpose Of having said new
court house erected, and shall each receive
the sum OF fifty dollars to detrav their ex-
penses in discharging the duties required Of
them by this ACT. Three OF them shall form
uorum 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 resgna-
tion, refusal to act, or otherwise, shall be
filled by the county ommssioners Of said
county.
SEC. .. And be II enacted, That the said
building committee shall ss speedily as pos
sible procure and adopt plan aud speciiica-
tions for said building, and they shall invite
sealed proposals. by publication for reason
able time, for building the cort house and
offices and furnishing the same, and the party
or parties proposing TO 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 furniture; and good and
sufficient security shall be taken by The said
building committee for the use of said county
commissioners, and in their name, from the
party or parties contracting to erect said
building and Offices, and from the party or
parties contracting To furnish the same as a
security tor the faithful performance Of such
contract or contracts as may be entered into I;
and the contract or contracts for building the
said cour, house aud Offices and furnishing
the same shall be 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 in awarding
the contract for building the same: Provided,
however, that the building occupied by the
county school commissioners, as aforesaid
shall no, bc torn down and the material there
of removed until the completion of said new
court house, but shall he retained for the use
OF such officers OF the county as can be ac-
commodated therein during the erection of
the new blilding
SEC. 4. And be il enacted, That said court
house shall be in all respects completed and
furnished on or before the first day of Ocio-
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, TO 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
nishing the same and the said county com
missoners shall cause the said report to be
published once ia the usual manner of pub
fishing public matter 10 said Montgomery
county.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That for the
purpose OF paying for said new court house,
and furnishing the same, the said county com
missoners Of Montgomery county are hereby
authorized and directed to borrow on the
a
ing fifty thousand dollars, and 10 issue cou
pom bonds therefor in sums Of not less than
one hundred dollars nor more than one thous
and dollars each, 10 be signed by the Presi
dent OF the board OF county commissioners
and its clerk, aud sealed with the seal of the
Office; said bonds TO 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 g. And be it enacted, That said bonds
shall be Issued to mature at twenty-five years
from their date, but shall be redeemable at
the pleasure 0i said county commissioners ut
or before their maturity. That to redeem said
bonds the county commissioners Of said cOun.
ty shall annually levy upon the assessable
property of said county n tax sufficient to pay
the interest thereon and Two thousand dollars
OF the principal debt; and said levy shall be
designated as the "C0nrt House Debt Fund j."
SEC. Z. And be IL 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 paymen. OF the county taxes
SEC. 8. And be II enacted, That during the
time said new court house is being erected, +,
the county commissioners Of said county
shall provide 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 it enacted, That this act
shall shall take effect from the date of its pas
sage
JOHN HUBNER,
Speaker Of The House of Delegates.
II. +. BRATTAN,
President Of the Senate.
Approved February 18th, 1890.
ELIHU Il. JACKSON,
Governor.