The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-06-22

council OF Laurel Is hereby authorized
and empowered to issue 10 years bonds
in such denominations as it may see fit,
and as the improvements hereinafter pro-
vided for are made, at rate of interest
not exceeding 5 per Centum per annum,
to pay said two-tourthS of the cost of the
said improvements hereinbcfore provid
ed to be done by said mayor and city
council of Laurel, and to be paid for by
the leves on the lands abuttng on said
improvements, and which said bonds,
principal and interest, shall be paid out
of the taxes, and interest to be paid by
the proprietors of the land abuttinS on
said improvements, for their said two
fourths of the cost of said improvements,
and all of which taxes and interest to be
paid as aforesaid by the said abuttin%
private proprietors shall be set apart bv
the mayor and city council of Laurel cx-
clusively, and only to pay the principal
and interest of said 10 years, bonds when
and as the same shall be due and pava-
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 partic-
ular street improved, that they may be
identified with the improvements for
which they have been issued, and maybe
pdlu lO1 OUT pl lllc taxes COlltCltu from
the lands abutting on said improved
streets.
SECTION 246M. The mayor and CITY
council of Laurel is hereby authorized
and empowered to issue twenty years
bonds in such denominations as it may
see fit, and as the Improvements herein
before provided for ale made at the rate
of interest not exceeding per Centum
per annum, to pay for the part of said
improvements hereinbetore 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 2+ok.
SEcr1oN 246N. The ten and twenty
year bonds hereinbefore authorized to be
issued by the mayor and city council of
Laurel shall be signed by the mayor,
CounterSigncd 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 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 by 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 said sale shall be depos-
ed by the treasurer in bank to the credit
| of the mayor and city council of Laurel.
and 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 246O. 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 proportlonate 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 written or
printed statement, and in the case of non
| residents by at least two insertions in
some newspaper published i'll the town
| of Laurel, if there is any such newspaper
| in such town, and if not, then in some
| newspaper published in said county; and
any person interested in 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 a jury trial in said Court, upon
giving bond with good and sufficient Sc
Curity for double the amount of said as
| Sessment complained of, and if no appeal
| be entered and bond given as aforesaid,
or upon dismissal of said appeal, said
| assessment shall be final.
SECTION 246P. 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 misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, either upon pre-
sentiment and indictment by the Circuit
Court, or on trial before a 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 246O. The mayor and city
| council of Laurel is hereby authorized
and empowered to pass all ordinances
necessary to 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 to be done
done by contract, after advertisements
| tor bids with specifications, and the con-
tractor shall give bond to the mayor and
city council of Laurel, with good and
sufficient security, or securities in double
the amount of the contract for the faith
tul performance of the contract accord
ing to the plans and specifications
SECTION 2. And be it enacted that this
Act shall take effect from the date of its
passage.
Approved, April 9th, 1904
FRANK BROWN, Governor.
lOHN WALTER SMITH,
President of the Senate.
JAMES II. PRESTON,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE SENATE,
hereby certify that the aforegoing is
true copy OF an Act of the General As
senbly of Maryland, passed at the Ian-
uaTV Session, 1904,