The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-06-29


hereinafter provided to be issued by the
MAYOR and city council of I,aurcl against
said taxes, and shall be used only for
said purposes.
SECTION 2l6k. The mayor and city
councils said two fourthS of the cost of
said work, and the whole cost of the
said street crossings, and intersections of
streets, shall be paid out of the proceeds
of the sale OF the twenty years bonds
hereinafter provided I" be issued by the
| mayor and city council of Laurel for that
purpose said bonds and the interest on
The same, shall be paid out of the annual
| income OF the town OF Laurel, not derry
| ed from The special side walk tax or the
| special electric light tax, over and above
| the salaries OF the town officers, the com
| missions of the town treasurer for col
| lccting the taxes, and present deficiency
of the electric light tax while said def
| cheney continues, and necessary payment
on city hall debt, by setting apart annu
ally out of the first receipts of said in
| come fixed and sufficient amount to
form a sinking fund to pay said twenty
years bonds, and the interest on the
| same, when and as the same shall fall due.
| The aggregate amount of said twenty
| year bonds tor sad purposes never, I'M
| der any CirCum stances, to exceed the
ability of said net income to meet said
| twenty years bonds, and the interest on
the same, when and as said twenty years
bonds, and the interest on the same,
| shall become due and payable, without
| increase ct the present rate OF taxation.
| SECTION 246L. The mayor and city
council of Laurel is hereby authorized
| and empowered to issue 10 years bonds
| in such denominations as ii may int,
and as the improvements hereinafter pro-
| vidcd for are made, at 4 rate OF interest
not exceeding per centum per annum,
| to pay said tWo-tourthS of the cost of the
| said improvements hcreinbctOre provld-
ed to be done by said mayor and city
council of Laurel, and to be paid for by
| the levies on the lands abutting on said
improvements, and which said bonds,
principal and interest, shall be paid out
| of the taxes, and interest to be paid by
the proprictors of the land abutting on
said improvements, for their said two
| iourths of the cost cot said improvements,
and all of which taxes and interest to be
paid as aforesaid by the said abutting
private proprictOrs shall be set apart by
the mayor and city council of Laurel cX-
CuSivciy, and only to pay the principal
and interest of said 10 years, bonds when
and as the same shall be due and paya-
able. These 10 years bonds shall have
printed upon them the statement of the
fact that they have been issued for the
payment of the said tWo-fourths of the
costs of the improvements on the partlC-
ular street improved, that they may be
identified with the improvements for
which they have been issued, and maybe
paid for out of the taxes collected from
the lands abultin@ on SAID improved
streets.
SECTION 2I6M. The mayor and city
council of Laurel is hereby authorized
| IN
bonds in such denominations as it may
see fit, and as the improvements herein
before provided for are made at the rate
of interest not exceeding per Centum
per annum, to pay for the part OF SAID
improvements hcrcinbetore required To
| be paid for by the mayor and city Coun-
| Gil. Said twenty years bonds shall not
exceed the aggregate stated in Section
246k, and shall be paid, principal and
interest, as provided in Section 24ok.
| SECTION 2I6N. The ten and twenty
year bonds hcrcinbeforc authorized TO be
| issued by the mayor and city council OF
Laurel shall be signed by the mayor,
| CountcrSigned by the treasurer, and be
attested by the clerk of the said town OF
Laurel, with the corporate seal of said
town of Laurel attached, and shall bear
interest not exceeding S per centum per
annum from the date of their issuance,
which said interest shall be payable semi
annually on the first day of January and
FIRST day of July in each and every year
from their issuance and the SAID bonds
shall be sold 10y the treasurer on the or
der of the mayor and city council of lau-
| rel for not less than their par value, and
| the proceeds of sad sale shall be dcpOS-
ed by the treasurer III bank to the credit
OF the mayor and city council of Laurel,
aud shall be paid out only on the order
OF the mayor and city council, counter
signed by the mayor and treasurer, and
said proceeds shall be applied only to
the purposes for which this act is passed,
and no commissions, or other Compensa-
| ton shall be allowed for said services.
SECTION 1850. Upon the completion
of the grading and improvements of any
street in accordance with the provisions
of this act, and upon the assessment for
said work being made by the mayor and
CITY council, the mayor and city council
shall give notice of said assessment, and
of the proportionate part thereof per
linear front foot of the land of each land
owner whose land abutS on the street
improved, to the said land owners on
said street improved, said notice to be
given, in case of residents by the treas
urer leaving at his, her, or their residence
such notice in the form of a written or
residents by at least two insertions in
some newspaper published in the town
| of Laurel, ifthere is any such newspaper
in such town, and if not, then in some
newspaper published in said county and
any person Interested III or aggrieved by
said assessment shall have thirty days
from the date of said notice of said as
sessment in which to file objections to
his, her, or their assessments, with the
mayor and CITY council, and shall be en-
titled to a hearing before said mayor and
city council, and shall have the right of
appeal from its decision within ten days
after said decision is made, to the next
term of the Circuit Court for Prince
Georges county, and shall have the
right to Il jury trial in said Court, upon
giving bond with good and sufficient Sc
Curity for double the amount OF said as
Scssmcnt complained of, and il no appeal
be entered and bond given as aforesaid,
or upon dismissal of said appeal, said
assessment shall be final.
SECTION 216P. If any official, officer or
agent of said Town shall apply any part
of the proceeds of the sale of said bonds
to any other purpose than those herein
before, provided, or divert any part OF
said sinking funds To any other purpose
than those for which they are created, he
shall be guilty of a miSdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof. either upon pre-
sentiment and indictment by the Circuit
Court, or on trial before Il Justice of the
Peace of said county, he shall be impris-
oned not exceeding two years in the
House of Correction, or fined not less
than 500, nor more than $500, or both in
the discretion of said Court, or of said
Justice of the Peace.
SECTION 400. The mayor and city
council of Laurel is hereby authorized
and empowered to pass all ordinances
necessary Ia carry out, and INTO full CT
feet, the above provisions OF this act, and
to employ all necessary and skilled
agents to plan and supervise said work,
and to do all other necessary things in
relation thereto, and to accomplish the
same. and all work provided 10 be done
Oh liz.