Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-11

inent or otherwise, aud the contract or
contracts shall be awarded to the lowest
responsible bidder or bidders, who saall
give good and sufficient bond to the
County Commissioners. to be approved
BY the building committee, for the faith
full performance of said contract or con-
tracts, and the said building committee
are hereby authorized to sell and dispose
Of the present court house and Jail lots
an" the buildings AMI materials thereon
except in so far as any of said materials
may be advantageously used in the cree
ton of the said new buildings, and BY a
good and sufficient deed convey the same,
and the proceeds of said sale shall be
part of the frnd for erecting the new
building herein provided for.
Sec. 5 And be it enacted: That said
buildings shall be completed on or be-
fore the beginning of the July term of the
Circuit Court for said county in the year
eighteen hundred aud ninety-six, unless
sail building committee shall otherwise
Determine, and when so completed aud
accepted by the building committee, then
the public records, offices, and court for
the county shall be removed to the said
buildings wheresoeger located Gin con
formity TO this acO and occupy the re-
spective quarters allotted to them; pro-
vided that until said buildings are com
pleted and ready for occupancy it shall
be the duty ofthe County Commissioners
to provide proper accommodations for the
holding of the courts and transaction of
public business either at Port Tobacco
or at the place uelected under the proyis-
ion of this Act for the location Of said
county seat.
Sec And be it enacted: That for
the purpose of raising funds necessary
for the bull ling of the SAID court house
and Jail, furnishing the same, purchas-
ing a site or sites therefor, if necessary
and enclosing the same, the County
Commissioners of Charles county are
hereby authorized to issue coupon bonds
Of said county to be dcnominated court
house bonds not to exceed twenty thou
sand dollars, and in sums of not less
than one hundred dollars from time to
time as the same may be required the
said bonds to be signed by the said
County Commissioners, countersigned
and registered by the clerk to said Coun-
ty Commissioners to bear interest a. the
rate Of not more than five per cent per
annum, said interest to be payable semi
annually on the first day of Jan iary and
July respectively, and not be sold for
less han the par value. thereof, the
principal of said bonds to be payable in
forty years. with the right to the County
Commissioners to redeem them in whole
or in part, at any time after ten years,
the said bonds also to be exempted from
all taxes, and the coupons thereon when
due, to be received by the collector in
payment of county taxes, and the Coun-
ty Commissioners shall levy on all prop
erty, subject to taxation such sum or
sums Of money as shall in their discre
ton, be necessary for the prompt pay
ment of the interest of said bonds and
the principal thereof when the same nay
become due or they may determine to
pay the same
Sec I. And be it enacted: That the
said building committee shall from time
to time notify the County Commissio lers
what sums of money shall be needed, and
it shall then be the duty of the said
County Commissioners to forthwith ne
gotiate the sale of sufficient amount OF
said bonds to raise the amount needed,
md shall pay the same on tue represen-
tation OF the building committee.
Sec. s. And be it enacted: That the
| Clerk Of the said Board of County Com
missioners shall in addition to his other
duties act as Treasurer to said Board
and shall receive and disburse all sums
levied by virtue Of the act for the paw
ment of the annual interest on the bonds
hereby authorized 70 be issued and shall
receive such compensation therefore as
may be fixed by the said County Com
missioners and shall give bond and secu-
rity to the State of Maryland. in such
penalty as may be prescribed by the said
County Commissioners, to be appioved
by the judges of he Circuit Court for
Charles county; for the faithful perform
hnce of his duties in this beh ali and all
moneys levied by the County Commits
sioners for the purpose of paying said in
terest shall be levied for the use of said
Treasurer aad paid to him by the collec-
tors of taxes; when hereafter the said
County Commissioners shall levy any
sum or sums for the payment of the prin-
cipal Of the said court house bonds: they
shall likewi,e levy it for the uae of the
said Treasurer, who shall then be re.
quired to give bond in a penalty to be
prescribed by the said County Commits
sioners to be approved as above in dou-
bic any amount to come into his hands
for disbursement in any one year; the
bond Or bonds ofsaid Treasurer to be re-
corded whenever the said County Com
missioners may SO require and also to be
recorded in the office of the Clerk of the
Court of said county
Sec. 9. And be it enacted: That this
Act shall take effect from the date of its
passage.
Approved Arril Bird. 1894
FRANK BROWN, Governor.
J w SMITH, President of the Senate.
J. II. PRESTON,
Speaker of the House Of Delegates.
Office of the Chief Clerk, House of Delegates:
| hereby certify that the aforegoing is
a true copy of an Act of the General As
sembly of Maryland, passed at the Jan
uary Session, 1894
J. ROGER McSHERRY,
Secretary of the Senate
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS
Published by Authority,
Chapter 6l9