The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-05-27

toned pupils should be accorded equal
educational! advantages and facilities IN
said high school with the pupils of the
public schools of said Prince Georges
county. upon the payment OF charge or
tuition fee to be. fixed and determined by
the school commissioners OF sad FRINGE
| Georges county.
Sec ,. And be it Enacted, That of the
aforesaid building committee, five mem-
berS shall constitute Il quorum. and the
concurrence of five of them shall be ne
cessary for the decision of all questions
which may arise in the discharge OF
their duties and all vacancies occurring
| in said building committee, whether from
death, resignation, refusal TO act, or
otherwise, shall be filled by the school
commissioners OF PrinceGeorge's county.
Sec. 5. And be it Enacted, That the
said building committee shall, as speed
lily as possible, purchase lot or lots,
and procure and adopt plan and specl-
fiCations for the erection Of said county
high school building, and as soon as
said plan and specifications are deter
mined upon, the said committee shall
invite sealed proposals by ADVERTISE
mentS for Il reasonable time, for the con-
struCtlon and completion of said work,
which proposal shall be sent in sealed
envelopes, in care of school examiner OF
Prince Georges county, addressed to
said committee, and shall be publicly
opened on the day and at the hour nam
ed in said advertisement, said propose.
setting forth the amount of money for
which the parties proposing will COM
plete the building according to the spec
lhCatOnS, and the time or times at which
payment thereof shall be made, and the
time when said building will be COM
pleted; and the said building committee
shall award the contract to the lowest
responsible bidder, upon such bidder
giving bond to the building committee
aforesaid i'll such penalty as said COM
mltlee shall! determine, conditioned for
the faithful discharge OF the contract en-
tered into. which bonl shall be liable, at
the suits OF the county commissioners,
school commissioners, of Prince Georges
county, or Mayor and City Council of the
town of Laurel, or said building COM
mlttee for the violations of its conditions ;
and said building committee is hereby
authorized and required to employ a
| skilled and competent architect or ar
Chltects, under whose control and super
vision, as TO material and work manship,
such building shall be erected: and said
| building committee shall also, in like
manner, determine upon the proper fur
niShlng OF the rooms and offices of said
high school building. and shall, at such
time as 1t may deem proper, advertise
for such furniture DIS its discretion will be
suitable for the uses and conveniences
of SAID high school building, and the
several rooms therein. and shall award
| the contract therefor to the lowest re-
sponsibe bidder or bidders.
Sec. 4. And be it Enacted, That said
building committee, upon entering into
any contract, as mentioned in the pre-
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ports to the county commissioners and
school commissioners of Prince Georges
county, fully setting forth the terms and
| character of said contract and the debts
| incurred thereby, a synopsis of which
report shall be duly published i'll the
usual manner of publishing county ex
penditures.
Sec. 5. And be it Enacted. That for the
purpose of paying for said lot or lots,
and erection and furnishing of said high
school building, the school commission
ers of Prince Georges county are hereby
authorized and directed to borrow, on
the endorsement of the county commits
sioners OF Prince Georges county, who
are hereby authorized in their discretion
| to endorse said bonds, on the credit of
SAID county, an amount not exceeding
the sum of $1,000, and to issue coupon
bonds therefor in sums of not less than
500 and not more than 81 900 each, to be
signed by the president Of said board of
school commissioners and countersigned
by the school examiner of said board.
with the seal of said board attached, and
to be reg stered by the said school ex-
aminer of Prince Georges county, in
separate book kept for that purpose !;
and said bonds shall bear interest at
the rate of FIVE per cent. per annum, pay
able semi-annuaily, ON the first day of
May and November of each year, until
the SAID bonds shall be paid and said
bonds shall be forever exempt from all
taxation for any purpose, and shall have
printed on them distinct reference to
this act, as authorizing the issue thereof
or the county commissioners in their
discretion, are hereby authorized and
empowered to levy at the next levying
term, or any succeeding levying term.
sum OF money, not exceeding $40, 900, tor
the purpose aforesaid.
| Sec E. And be it Enacted, That the
school commissioners of Prince Georges
county are hereby authorized and di
rected to retain each and every year,
from the sums of money appropriated to
them by the county commissioners to the
support of the public schools of Prince
Georges county, a sufficient amount of
money to meet the interest and to create
a sinking fund to pay the principal OF
said bonds as they mature until the last
of said bonds issued under this act shall
have been paid and cancelled, should
said bonds be issued and endorsed as
aforesaid.
Sec. 7. And be it Enacted, That said
bonds shall be issued in five series, each
consisting of one-tifth of the amount of
bonds to be issued under the act, and
dated IL. first day Of May, 1898, and
shall be redeemabe as follows: The
first series, five years after date; the
second series, ten years after date; the
third series, fifteen years after date the
fourth series, twenty years after date !;
the fifth series twenty-five years after
date and said bonds shall be advertised
and sold to the highest bidders for cash
by the school commissioners, provided.
said bonds shall not be sold for less tina
their face value.
| Sec. s. And be ii enacted, That II the
purpose of redeemins said bolls in
their maturity, and for securing the
prompt payment of the interest thereof,
the school Commlssio aers and school ex
amner of Prince Georges county sh Ill,
for the year 1898 and annually thereafter
reserve sufficient sum to pay the an
nual interest on said bonds, aud i'll addi-
ton thereto the sum of Ss33.:3s of the
on said bonds shall be received by the
treasurer of said county for taxes upon
presentation of the coupons of the cur
rent year, and the said coupons taken in
payment of taxes shall be accounted for
to the county commissioners by the said
treasurer as other voucheS and payments
by him and thereupon burned and de-
stroyed by the county commissioners.
Sec. 9. And be it enacted. That the
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commissioners and school examiner of
Prince Georges county, and provided by
the preceding section, to meet the said
bonds issued by the county school COM
mlssloners, as provided for IN this act,
shall be kept by them entirely separate
and distinct from the school funds, and
shall be accounted for by him in his an
nual statement to the school commits
sioners, and shall be held by said coun-
ty school commissioners as sinking
fund for the redemption of said bonds at
their maturity and the said county