The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-24
CHAPTER 1872.

AN ACT To enable the qualified voters Of
Garrett County 10 determine by ballot
whether bonds not to exceed the sum of
twenty-five thousand dollars shall be is
sued by the County Commissioners olsdid
county for the purpose OF building school
houses therein.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General As.
sembly of Maryland That The question OF
whether or not the County Commis Sioners Of
Garrett county shall issue bonds to an
amount not exceeding the sum OftWentv- five
thousand dollars for the purpose of purch1s-
ing lots and erecting and furnishing such
school buildings as the BoarG of County
School Commission ers OfGarrett County may
contract for shall be submitted to the regis
tered qualified voters OF said county at the
Congressional election to be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday of November
in the year eighteen hundred and ninety
four. The said ticket to be voted to be priu,-
ed on the Congressional ballot to be used at
said election. The ballots to bt used in said
election shall have printed or written on
them For the issue of bonds.' or against
the issue of bonds, and shall be counted and
returned as other election returns are count
ed and made.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That if it Shall be
found by the returns OF said judges detection
that the majority of the votes cast in said
county are for the issue of said bonds, then it
shall be the duty of the County CummSSinn-
ors of Garrett County within sixty DAYS after
said election to issue and BOND to an amount
not exceeding twelve thousand dollars in
s. ms of not less than one hundred nor more
than one thousand dollars each and shall
bear interest al rate not to exceed five per
cSEtum per annum; and within ninety days
after said election. if it shall be decided by
the ballots cast that said bonds shall be isSu-
ed the said County Commissioners shall issue
the said, which said bonds shall he signed by
the President of the Board of County Com
missOners and be countersigned by the clerk
to said board, and the said bonds shall be
made payable in the following manner: that
is to say, one thousand dollars each for each
for each and every year, beginning with the
year nineteen hundred and five, and they
pOlnnnS attached n IL
nuai interest, payable respectively on the
first day of February and the first day of Au
gust i'll each year, and the said bonds shall b
dated as OF the first day of February. 1875. and
shall he forever exempt from taxation lor any
purpose and shall have printed on them II
distinct reference to the Act authorizing the
issue thereof.
SEC. 3. And be It enacted, That said bonds
shall be issued to mature at such date as shall
not require the payment thereofofmore than
one thousand dollars in any one year, but
none of said bonds shall be issued to mature
before the first day of February, 1905.
SEC 4. And be it enacted, That in order to
pay the interest on said bonds the County
Commissioners shall annually. beginning
with their levy laying session in los levy on
the assessable properly Oft the county suti-
cient amount to pay said interest until the
the payment of said bonds they shall, begin
ming with the year 1901 annually levy upon
the assessable sroperty ofsaid county the sum
of one thousand dollars to pay SAID bonds
which shall be paid in the order of their seri-
al number beginning with serial number one
and in their successive order.
SEC S. And be it enacted. That of the whole
issue of said bonds SO authorized the said
County Commissioners shall Immediately
after signing said bonds as heretofore provi-
ded, sell at public auction to the highest bid
der for cash, only twelve thousand dollars of
the amount authorized to be issued, which
said sale of said bonds shall be made only up
an due notice by publication in such newspa-
per or newspapers as the said County Com
missioners shall deem proper or necessary.
SEC. 6. And be il enacted That the proceeds
arising from the sale of said bonds Shall be
paid over by the County Commlssloners o.
said county to the Treasurer of the Board OF
School Commissioners OF said county whose
bond may be required to be made in an in
creased penalty if said County Commission
ers shall SO REQUIRE: and said Treasurer shall
apply the said proceeds under the direction OF
said Board of School Commissioners to the
purchase of said lots and the erection andfur
nishnig of such school buildings as said BoarC
of School Commissioners may contract fol
and for no other purpose. And for the build
ing and furnishing of such school houses thu
said Board OF School Commissioners shall
contract by sealed bids, Tor which contracts
advertisement shall be made such newspape
or newspapers as the said Board OF Schoo
Commissioners shall deem proper, giving no
tice of the time and place OF the public open
ing of such bids and they shall require Sucf
bidder to file with their bids good and suffi
cient bond with a surety or sureties TO be APP
proved by them in such penalty for the faith
full performance of the contract hereunder a
they may deem proper. And upon the open
ing of such bids the said Board of Schoo
Commissioners shall award thesaid contract
to the lowest responsible bidders, respective
ly therefor; but they shall have the power T.
reject any and all bids
SEC. I. And be it enacted, That the remain
ing thirteen thousand dollars ofthe bonds au
thoriZed by this Act shall not be signed bu
shall be deposited in some safe deposit Vaul
with two distinct and separate locks an
keys, one of which keys shall be kept by tn
President Of the Board of County Commits
sioners and the other by the President of til
Board of school Commissioners. After tn
expenditure of the said sum of twelve thouS
and dollars by the Board OF School Commits
sioners if they shall find that a greater sum
needed for the purpose of this act they Sha
render o the Board ofCounty Commissioner
q fall and accurate account of their eX pendi
lures in this behalf and shall make n requisi
ton on said Board of County Commits sionel
for such additional sum as may be neceSsar
for the purposes Of this Act, and no MORGAN
the County Com missiOners shall then sell |
the same manner as herenbeiore provide
such amount of said bonds as may be so n
. quired; provided, that in such respective sd Il
none ofsaid bonds shall be sold for less tina
their par value and after such sale the bone
remaining unsold shall Immediately by I'll
said Board of County Commissioners an
Board OF School Commissioners be burn Il.
SEC. s. And be it enacted, That this A.
shall take effect from the date gifts passage
Approved April 6, 1894.
FRANK BROWN,
Governor.