The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-05-13
j rrnrc Local. Laws.
Passed a IRE .IdRndJy Session l>"S, ct' Tie
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PlEI-:SIiED BY Authority
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ley, !. T. Billiard, p. ?. Castle, ID. NJ.
NJ. Baldwin, y. NJ. Bond, William Mi
stead and -. W. SnoWdcn. be. and they
are hereby, constituted a building Com-
mittee, for the purpose OF purchasing a
lot or lots, and erecting and furnishing
in the Town of Laurel, Il County High
School Building, to be used for the pur
poses of a county high school for pupils
from the public schools of Prince
Georges county, and also pupils from
the public schools of Howard county,
Charles county, ST. Mary's county and
Calvert county, which said last men
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 said Prince
George 5 county.
Sec. D And be it Enacted, That of the
aforesaid building committee, FIVE mem
berS shall constitute a 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 PrinceGeor@e'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 a plan and Sneti-
hcailons TOR 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 advertis, :
ments for Il reasonable time, for the con-
struCtlon and completion of said work,
which proposal shall be sent in sealed
envelopes, i'll care Of school examiner of
Prince Georges county, addressed 10
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
pletc the building according to the spec
itiCatlolls, 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 in such penalty as said com
mittee shall determine, conditioned for
the faithful discharge of the contract en-
tered into, which bond 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
mittce 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 10 material and work manship,
such building shall be erected; and said
building committee shall also, i'll like
manner, determine upon the proper fur
nishing of the rooms and offices of said
high school building, and shall, at such
time as it may deem proper, advertise
for such furniture as its discretion will be
suitable for the uses and COnvenlenCeS
of said high school building, and the
several rooms therein, and shall award
the contract therefor to tie lowest re-
sponsible bidder or bidders.
Sec. !. And be it Enacted, That said
building committee, upon entering into
any contract, as mentioned i'll the pre-
ceding section, shall forthwith make re-
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, synopsis of which
report shall be duly published i'll the
usual manner OF publishing county eX-
penditureS.
Sec. 5. And belt 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 George county are hereby
authorized and directed to borrow, Oh
: he n
sioners of Prince Georges county, who
are hereby authorized i'll 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 III sums OF not less than
SIco 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 registered by the said school eX-
aminer of Prince Georges county, in a
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 tor any purpose, and shall have
printed on them a distinct reference to
this act, as authorizing the issue there If
or the county commissioners i'll their
discretion, are hereby authorized and
empowered to lew 1T the next levyln@
term, or any succeeding levyln@ term, a
sum OF money, not exceeding $40 900, for
the purpose aforesaid.
Sec s. And be it Enacted, That the
school commissioners of Prince Georges
a.,
rerted TO retain each and every year,
from the Sums of money appropriated to
them by the county commissioners 20 the
support of the public schools OF Prince
GEORGES county Il sufficient am Dunt OF
money to meet the interest and To- create
Il sinking fund to pay the primer al OF
said bonds as they mature until the last
of SAID bond, issued under this act shall
have been paid and cancelled. should
said bonds be issued and endorsed as
aforesaid.
Sec. :. And be it Enacted. That said
bonds shall he issued in five series, each
consisting of one-tlfth of the amount of
bondS to be issued under the act, and
dated the first day of May. 1898, and
shall hc redecmabc 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
ana sold to the hi hest bidders for cash
/ ty the school commissioners, provided.
I said bonds shall moi be sold for less than
theIr face value.
| Sec s. And be ii enacted, That for the
/ purpose OF redceming said bonds iii
/ their maturity, and for securing the
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