The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-06-10

said bonds, as to them may seem best.
And the town commissioners of Hvalts-
Vile shall, to enable them to meet the
expenses OF maintaining the said water
works and sewers and to pay the inter
est on the said bonds and provide the
said sinking fund, i'll addition to the us
ual current expenses of the said town of
Evansville. levy yearly the full tax of
forty cents on the one hundred dollars of
the property as assessed for the year and
as now authorized by law to be done,
until such year as the said commission
ers shall determine that less rate of
taxation will be sufficient for the pur-
poses aforesaid. Upon the purchase o!
any of the bonds by the town commits
sioners. as hereinbefore provided, the
bonds shall be Immediately cancelled by
the clerk to the said commissioners, bv
stamping in ink i'll large letters across
their faces, "CanCelled by the sinking
fund" and entering in ink in the book
kept for the record of said bonds, as
hereinbefore provided, opposite the num-
Der or numbers of said bonds so purcbas.
ed, the date of the purchase, amount
paid for the bond or bonds 50 purchased,
and the date and the fact OF Its or their
cancellation. No portion of said sinking
fund SO levied or provided for shall ever
be diverted to any other purpose thai to
the purchase and liquidation of said
bonds and should the town commits
sioners Of Hyattsville, o. any other per-
son having charge of said sinking fund,
cause, or suffer, or permit the same or
any portion thereof to be divertee; from
or applied to any other purpose than the
investment for the purchase and redenp-
ton of said bonds, the person or per-
sons SO offending shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con-
viction thereof, shall be subject to fine
OF not less than the amount SO misap-
piled or diverted.
SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the
money arising from the sale Of said
bonds (Which said bonds shall be sold
either at auction, or by sealed bids. after
due advertisement thereof, TO the high
est responsible bidders, and shall not be
sold for less than their par value shall
be paid to the improvement co nmission
for water works and sewers for the town
Of Hyattsville, and be by them deposited
in some safe banking institution. Tie
commission shall keep in book to be
kept for the purpose a full registry of the
bonds sold. the serial numbers Of the
bonds and the names and addresses
the purchases and amounts realized on
sales.
SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the
fund realized from the sale of boads
shall be applied to the purp Uses Of this
Act and none other, and shall be paid
by check signed by the President and
countersigned by the Secretary to the
Improvement commission for water
| works and sewers for Hyattsville only on
order i'll writing of the SAID Improvement
commission and the said improvement
commission Is authorized and empower
ed to adopt such orders for The payment
| Of III ,neyS Ile and payable TO the con-
| tractors for the construction and estab-
| lIshment of said water works and sewers
As shall from time to time be earned by
said contractors in the prosecution of the
said work, and also from time to time to
| adopt orders for payment for property
purchased or condemned and for mate
rial and labor furnished in pursuance OF
| the provisions of this Act. The said I'm
| provement commission may III its dis
| Cretion employ competent engineer to
prepare the specifications and plans FIR
| the said water works and sewers and to
superintend their construction and es-
| tablishment. The Improvement cnn-
| mission shall invite sealed proposal y
advertisement for a reasonable lea GIN
| time, for the construction of said water
works and sewers, which proposals shall
| be sent in sealed envelopes addressed to
| the President of the said commission,
and by the said commission shall be
publicly opened on the day named in
| said advertisement at the Office of the
town commissioners of Hyattsville. Said
proposals shalt set forth the amount of
money for which the parties proposing
will construct such water works and
| sewers, or any specified part or portion
thereof, according to the plans and spec
| ifiCations submitted, and the time when
| said water works will be completed and
| ready for use; and the said Improve
| ment commission may reject any and all
bids, or award the contract 20 any re-
| sponsihle bidder therefor, at their dis
| erection, requiring any accepted bidder
to give bond in such penalty as said COM
| mission shall determine, conditioned for
the faithful performance of the contract
entered into, and no partial or final pay
ment shall be made to the contractor
until and unless the work already done.
as far as it is done, shall be strictly in
accordance with the specifications and
plans signed and accepted by the con-
| tractor, and be accepted by the said
| commission
Sec. IL. And be it Enacted, That this
act shall take effect from the date of its
| passage.
Approved, April 9th, 1895.
LLOYD LOWNDES, Governor.
John WRIT RANDALL.
President of the Senate.
LOUIS SCHAEFER,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
Office of the Secretary of the Senate
I Hyr6v C7zifr, That the aforegoing
is true copy Of an Act of the General
Assembly of Maryland. passed at the
January Session. 1898.
MARTIN NJ. HIGGINS.
Secretary of the Senate.
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