The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-06-17


SECTION g. And be it enacted, That
the said building committee be, and
they are hereby authorized in their
discretion, to sell the lot or lots or
building or the buildings only as now
used for school purposes and use the
money to purchase other lot or lots
or to help to erect said new school
building, and shall as speedily as pos
sible if for any reason it is not deemed
by them expedient to erect said school
house on the site of the present school
house of the town of Hyattsville, pur-
chase lot or lots, and procure and
adopt plan and specifications for the
erection of said school house, and when
adopted, said committee shall invite
sealed proposals by advertisements
for reasonable time, tor the erection
of said school building, which propos-
ais shall be sent in sealed envelopes in
care in the school examiner of Prince
Georges county. addressed to the
said committee, and shall be publicly
opened on a day and at the hour nam
ed in said advertisements, said pro-
posals setting forth the amount OF
money for which the parties proposing
will complete the building according
to the specifications and plans and the
time or times at which payment there
for shall be made, and the time when
said building shall be completed, and
the said building committee shall
award the contract to the lowest re-
sponsible bidder, upon such bidder
giving bond to the Board OF County
School Commissioners in such penalty
as said committee shall determine, con-
ditioned for the faithful performance
of the contract entered into. The
building committee is hereby required
to employ one or more competent ar
chitects under whose control and su-
pervision as to material and workman
ship, such building shall be erected:
the building committee shall also Sc
lect proper furniture for the use OF
said public school house as we'll as de-
termine the best method of keeping
the school, having due regard for the
safety and health of the pupils attend
ing there, and shall at such times as
it may deem proper, advertise for such
furniture and heating plant, and shall
award the contract or contracts to
the lowest responsible bidder or bid
ders.
SECTION 4. And be it enacted, That
when said committee shall have con-
tracted for the erection of said school
building and the furnishing and heat
ing, thereof, it shall report the same
to the Board of county School Com
missioners with the terms and condi-
tions of said contract, and they shall
also report the costs and expenses in
Cured and paid from time to time.
SECTION 5. And be it enacted, That
for the purpose of paying for said lot
or lots and for the erection and fur
nishing of said public school building
the School Commissioners for Prince
Georges county, are hereby authoriz-
ed and directed to borrow on the en-
dorsement of the County Commission
ers or Prince Georges County. who
are hereby directed to endorse such
bonds on the faith and credit of said
county, an amount not exceeding the
sum of ten thousand dollars and to
issue coupon bond, therefor in sums of
not less than one hundred dollars and
not more than one thousand dollars
each, to be signed by the president of
said Board of School Commissioners,
and countersigned by the School Ex.
aminer of said Board, with the seal of
said Board attached, and to be regis
tered by the said School Examiner of
Prince Georges county, in b separate
book kept for that purpose, and said
bonds shall bear interest at the rate of
five per cent per annum, payable semi
annually on the first day Of May and
the first day of November each year
until said bonds shall be paid, and
said bonds shall be forever exempt
from all taxation for any purpose, and
shall have printed on them preference
to this Act as authorizing the issue
thereof"
SECTION 6. Be it enacted, That the
School Commissioners of Prince
Georges County are hereby authoriz
ed and directed to retain each and ev.
cry year from the sums of money paid
to them by the County Commissioners
of Prince Georges County for the
support of the public schools of Prince
Georges County, a sufficient amount
of money to meet the interest and TO