The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-06-17

purchase and redemption of any of the
said bonds, as to them may seem best.
And the town commissioners of HyA-ts-
vile shall, to enable them to meet The
expenses OF maintaining the said water
works and sewers and 10 pay the inter
est on the said bonds and provide the
said sinking fund, in addition to the us
ual current expenses OF the said town #
Evansville. levy yearly the full tax of
forty cents on the one hundred dollars of
the property as assessed for the year AID
as now authorized by law to be done,
until such year as the said commission
ers shall determine that a 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 by
stamping in ink in 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 purchas-
ed, the date of the purchase, amount
paid for the bond or bonds s. purchased,
and the date and the fact of It's or their
cancellation. No portion OF SAID sinking
fund so levied or provided for shall ever
be diverted to any other purpose than 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 81 Ii or
any portion thereof to be diverted from
or applied to any other purpose than the
investment for the purchase and redemp-
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 commission
for water works and sewers for the town
Of Hyattsville, and be by them deposited
in some safe banking institution. The
commission shall keep III a book to be
kept for the purpose full registry of the
bonds sold. the serial numbers of the
bonds and the names and addresses Of
the purchases and amounts realized on
sales.
SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the
fund realized from the sale of bonds
shall be applied to the purp oses 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 Hyattstille only OIL
order in writing of the said Improvement
commission and the said Improvement
commission Is authorized and empower
ed to adopt such orders for The payment
Of moneys jde and payable to the con-
tractors for the construction and estab-
llShment 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 In its dis
cretion employ a competent engineer to
prepare the specifications and plans f r
the said water works and sewers and to
superintend their construction and es-
tablishment. The Improvement cn.u-
mission shall invite sealed proposal, Y
advertisement for reasonable length Of
time, for the construction of said water
works and sewers, which proposals shall
be sent i'll sealed envelopes addressed t.
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 Hyattsvi,e. Said
proposals shall 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
md fI,..t
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-
sponSible bidder therefor, at their dis
Cretion, 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 paw
ment shall be made to the contractor
until and unless the work already done,
rs 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
commits sion.
Sec. II. And be it Enacted, That this
act shall take effect from the date of its
passage.
Approved, April 9th, 1898.
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.
/ HEREBY Certifr, 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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