Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1895-05-24
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Seventh Distriet....................... PumoGhey
Eighth 6rtaHlaWh-
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For the purpose Of yotirc On lbe question F
as to whether the County Sest Of Charles /
County shall he located N Ia Plata of Chapel
Point in said county as prescribed by tue Act
cf Assembly Of 1894 Of cliaptet 546- which 10
Is follows;
CHAPTER $40.
AN ACT to provide for tue removal Of The
County seat Of Charles County from Port f
Tobacco to La Plata or Chape Point, 1t toe
| legal and qualified voters ofsaid county shall
so determine and to provide for the erection
| Of Cour; House and Jail at such place as
| shall be so determined on and the procuring
| OF a site or sites for the same, and to author
| ize the County Commissioners of said eoun-
! " to borrow money and issue bonds for The
! payment therefore, and to levy taxes icr the
| payment the principal and interest OF said
| bonds, appointing all officers, for the dis
bursement of same and for other purposes
SECTION l. Be Il enacted Jg tie GtHeraI As
sembig Of Maryland, TLat the question as to
/ whether the county seat oil Charles county
shall he located at La Plaza or Chapel Point,
in said county shall be submitted to he legal
and qualified voter of said county, at a special
election to be held for that purpose on tue first
/ Tuesday III June, eighteen hundred and nine
i ty-ive, which election shall be held as follows.
/ The sheriff Of said county shall give notice OF
such election, to be held by virtue Of this act,
/ by advertisement inserted in three newspapers
published in said county, and by hand bills
posted in each election district IN said county
at least two weeks before said election, 10 which
notice a copy of this act shall be Inserted; and
the expenses of said advertisement and of the
] tiairafc nrpvtNaI IN 10, oF A4f
and all other expenses incident thereto, shall
be levied for and paid by The County COM
mssioners.
Sec. 2. And be Il enacted, That at said cleo
ton the legal and qualified voters o. said coun-
ty are authorized to cast n vote or ballot
whether or not the county seat shall be located
at La Plata or Chapel Point and the ballots
to be used in said election shall be furnished
| by the Supervisors Of Elections Of said county
in the same manner and form as is now pro-
vided by law for furnishing ballots for any
election held in this State under the Austria
liam system, as enacted by Chapter 55S, the
Acts of Assembly of 1890, and the amend
ments thereto, except, that they shall not be
required to place any emblem on said tickets,
but shall have only printed thereon the words
For locating county seat at La Plata and
''For locating county seat at Chapel Point,
respectively. The judges of said election,
election clerks and ballot clerks for said cleo
/ ton shall be appointed by the said Supervisors
of Elections as now provided by law for such
appointments for general elections; aad the
chaiengers shall be Nominated to the said
Judges of election, by the respective parties
representing the different locations 10 be voted
for; and said challengers shall be permitted
TO exercise the same powers as are now exer-
cised under the Public General Laws Of this
State by party challengers The tickets to be
furnished, as herein provided, shall have
printed thereon, opposite the words hereinbe.
fore required TO be printed thereon, square,
in which the voter shall put his cross mark
thus: X, to designate for which location he
has voted; and the same rales shall be OBJ
served BY the judges of.eleciion as are nov
\ ssas1 regard 70 defective
! fand Improperly marked tssETIs cast ~ my
general elentun held under the laws of this
, State provided, however, that if in counting
2 sach ballots the said judges shad discover any
pris ate pen or pencil mark or designation
! mark on any such ballots, as would seem by
them to have been placed thereon by any
voter for the purpose Of identification OF his
. said ticket in order that ne might be reward
ed for his vote, the said judges shall reject all
such tickets as defective and the same shall
not be counted Within two days after said
election the return judges of the said election
for the respective districts of seid county shall
meet at the court house at Port Tobacco and
summarize the result Of the said election and
make return thereof to the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for said county, who shall Immediately
thereafter make proclamation of the results Of
said election by publication 10 the newspapers
10 the said county ard if it shall be found by
the return of said judges and the proelama-
ton of said Clerk, that majority of the votes
cast at said election were cast ''For locating
county seat at La Plata, henceiorth La Plata
shall be the county seat of said county and a
court house and Jail, together with neces-
sary offices for the transaction of public bust
ness, shall be built at La Plata; and upon
said return and proclamation it shall be found
that majority Of the votes cast at the said
election were cast ''For locating the county
seat at Chapel Point, thenceforth Chapel
Point shall be the county seat Of said county
and the public buildings and offices herein
before mentioned shall be built at Chapel
Point
SEC. 3. Ind be Il enacted That John H
Mitchell, Dr.. A. j. Smoot, J. Hubert Roberts,
William Wolfe, John W Waring, Adrian
Posey and &c. rye W. Gray, of Charles
county, and State of Maryland, be and they
are hereby constituted building committee
for the purpose OF having said court house and
Jail erected and selecting site or sites there
fore at La Plata or Chapel Point, whichever
snail by said election be declared to be the
2 choice of places for locating the county seat;
and in case OF the death. refusal to at, or res
ignation of one or more of said building com,
mittee, the remaining members of said build
ing committee shall I'll such vacancy or va
cancies; the members of said committee shall
. serve without pay; majority Of them shall
fa-n, Al, uuorun, and shall he
necessary for the decision Of all questions
arising in the discharge of their duties; and
said committee shall as speedily as may be
procure site or sites for the erection of said
buildings, by gift, purchase or condemnation
for and in the name Of the County Commits
sioners of said county, and if proceedings 0
condemnation are necessary, they shall b,
instituted by said building committee in til,
! name of the County Commissioners of Charlie
county, and the proceedings shall be in con
formity to the provisions Of Article %, of tn
Code Of Public General Laws, subtitle "Con
demnauon of Property by Corporations, s.
far as the same may be applicable hereunto
provided that the Circuit Court for Charlie
couuty may confirm the same on such motto
i as shall be liked by ar order, passed on sal,
inquisiiion, of not less than ten nor more thai
twenty days after the passage of this order.
Sec A. And be IL enacted That said building
committee shall adopt plan and specification
for said buildings and the necessary furnitur
therefore, and may contract for the same haylnI
first invited sealed proposals by advertisement
or otherwise, and the contract or contract
shall be awarded tc the lowest responsible
: bidder or bidders, who shall give good am
sufficient bond to the County Commissioners t.
be approved by the said building committe
=. for the faithful performance of said contract o
contracts, aud the said building eommltte
are hereby authorized to sell and dispose q
the present court house sud Jail lots and tn
buildings and materials thereon except is g
$ far as any Of said materials may be advant
ageonsly used in the erection Of the said new
: buildings, and by good md sufiident dee
convey The same. and thef eeeds OF said sal
shall be part OF the fuldf ~eeting The new
buildings herein proy~
r Sec 5. Ind be iteHF building
shall be completed beginning
OF the July term Of RI ior SAT-
county in the year and nine
ty-slx, unless said tee sinai
otherwise determlne& competed
aaoantad nv the Qlttae thef