The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-05-20
Public Local Law.
CHAPTER +.

SIAllI:K
AN ACT to provide for building an addition
to the Court House at Bel Air in Hartford
county.
SECTION /. Re ii enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland. that George l.. Van
Bibber, Henry StraShauGh, stevenson a.
Williams. Hugh a. Jones and William ).
Forwood Jr., b" and they are hereby APP
pointed Commissioners and they or major.
* of them authorized and empowered
by virtue of this Act to contract for and
supcrintend the building ofan addition to the
Court II ouSe i'll Bel Air sufficiently large to
accommodate with offices all the public officers
of II rford county and the furnishing said
Court House and offices when so constructed
with necessary and proper cases for the re-
rcption and preservation OF the public records
and with all the necessary furniture and such
other things as the public convenience may
require at total cost not to exceed the sum
of twcnt y-iivc Thousand dollars.
SECTION .. And he it enacted that the
board OF Commissioners name in the proceed
ing section or Il majority of them are hereby
authorized and required to borrow from tide
to time and upon such terms as they may
deem pr per at "A rate of interest not exceed
ing per cent per annum any sum or sums
OF money that may be from time to time re-
quircti and found necessary for the cOnStruc-
ton of said addition ana the furnishing said
Court House and addition when completed.
SECTION 3. And be it enacted, That the
County Commissioners OF Hartford County
are hereby authorized and required to levy
annually upon the asScSsahlc property OF
Hartford County such sum sums of money
as they i'll their ind snicnt may deem best, not
exceeding the sum of Six Thousand Dollars
nor less than Three Thousand Dollars in any
one year until the whole which the said
Commission hereby created or Il majority of
them may require for the construction OF said
addition and furnishing. together with inter
est thereon shall have been levied and collect
cd.
SECTION 4. And he it enacted. That all
levicS imposed or authorized hv this Act shall
bv levied and imposed in the name of the said
Board of Commissioners appointed by this
Act and payable only to their order the
order of a majority OF them.
Section >. And be it enacted, That the
said Commissioners appointed by this Act
SHALL appoint one of their own number rs
Treasurer. who shall have in charge all
moneys borrowed as herein provided, and
who shall pay out and disburSe the same
upon the orders of 4 majority of said Com
missioncrs and keep a full and perfect account
OF all moneys received and diSburScd by him
with the vouchers therefor, which he shall
regularly render and exhibit to the said Com
mI>SioucrS at such and i'll such manner
they or Il majority of them may require and
shall faithfully account for all IN orcyS received
by linn Treasurer as aforesaid; and the
person so appointed as Treasurer before he
acts as such shall give bond, with surety to
be approved by said Commissioners, in the
sum OF Invent y-tiSc Thousand Dollars condi-
toned for the faithful execution of the trust
rcpOSed in him, which bond shall be filed i'll
the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
public records of Hartford County, certified
uf which shall be received as evidence in any
lOult bl law OF equity III lllS state, liu Inc
said board of Commissioners appointed by
this Act shall have power to fill any vacancy
by death, resignation or refusal to
act or other disqualification OF the person so
appointed as Treasurer, and the person APP
pointed to ill Siich vacancy shall give bond
;IS hrreinbs fore required.
SEC rIoS q. And he it enacted, Tina in ease
of the death. resi- Gpatiun or refusal to act OF
the said Commissioners appointed by this
Act. the other Commissioners shall have full
power to fill such v;tc;,n: " o.: vacancies.
Section =. And he 1t enacted. That said
Commissioners shall receive nocompcnsation
I,r ,licir services whilst engaged in contract
ing for and Supcrintc ending the conSt ruction
and furnishing said building. their aCtu:>f cx-
Treasurer to receive such compensation as
the said Commissioners appoinedhE this Act
ShaIl consider proper and right.
SIsCTiDE \. Anl be it enacted. That the
County Commissioners Of Hartford County
are hereby authorized and required upon the
of the said board o commission
FRS appointed by this Act. signed 10y them
4 majority OF them. to issue from time to
inc bonds OF said county to an amount not
czcccilinG Invent y-Fivc Thousand Dollars in
sums of rot less tnan One Hundred Dollars,
bearing interest ut a ratc not exceeding five
per centrum per annurn. and rcdccmable and
payable at such times and i'll such manner
not exceeding ten years from the date oiiSSuc,
rs the said County Commissioners may de
terIaine. which said bonds shall be delivered
10 the said board of Commissioners appoint
sd by this Aci. and are 70 he by them ncgo.
.iutch upon such terms and conditions as to
hem may seem reasonable, the proceeds and
walls thereof to he uS ii in payment for the
building at said addition and the furnishing
rs aforesaid and OF the money which they
may have borrowed temporarily for that
purpose; that the interest ON said bonds
shall he paid Scini-annuaily and that the
Ior.dS aforesaid shall lie exempt from taxa
ion.
SECTION o. And be it enacted. That it
shall be thc duty of the Commissioners ap
pointed by this Act. whenever and as often
IS they shall he required by the County Com
niSsinncrs of Hartford County to render an
account of their expenditures and makea full
-eport to said County Commissioners OF all
heir proceedings i'll the premises.
SECTION 10. And belt enacted. That upon
he omplction of said addition and furnished
he board OF County Commissioners shall APP
point n commit tee consist ing of the President
rlerk of the Circuit Court for Han ford County
and the Register OF Wills of II afford County,
who shall receive No compensation for their
services. And it shall be their duty to keep
said Court House and offices therein and the
grounds surrounding the same neat and in
order. ana the expenses for doing shall be
paid by the Comfy Commissioners of Har-
ord County.
SECTION H. And bc it enacted That this
Act shall take effect from the date fits pas
sage.
Approved February Is. 1904.
EDWIN WAKEFIELD,
Governor.
SPENCER c. JONES.
President of the Senate.
GEORGE Y. EVERIART.
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
OFFICE OF TIE CHIEF CLERK HOUSE OF
DELEGATES,
l hereby certify. That the .foregoing is a
rue copy of an Act of the General Assembly
If Maryland, passed at the January Session,
1901.
b. l.. SMITH.