The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-05-06
Public Local Law.

CHATTER +.
AN ACT to provide for building an addition
to the Court House at Bel Air in Hartford
county.
SECTION l. Be it enacted bv the General
Assembly of Maryland, that George l.. Van
ISibber, Henry StrasbauSh, Stevenson y.
Williams, Hugh A. Jones and William 5.
Forwood Jr., he and they are hereby APP
pointed Commissioners and they or Il ma lori
~ of them are authorized and empowered
by virtue OF this Act to contract for and
Superintend the building ofan addition to the
Court House in Bel Air sufficiently large to
accommodate with offices all the public officers
of HTrtord county and the furnishing said
Court House and offices when so constructed
with necessary and proper cases for the re-
Ccpuon and preservation of the public records
and with all the necessary furniture and such
other things as the public convenience may
require at Il total cost not to exceed the sum
at twenty-five Thousand dollars.
SECTION 2. And he il enacted that the
board OF Commissioners name i'll the proceed
ing section or Il majority of them are hereby
authorized and required to borrow from time
to time and upon such terms they may
deem pr per at a rate OF interest not exceed
ing per cent per annum any sum or sums
uf money that may be from time to time
quired and found necessary for the couStruC-
tion of said addition and 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 asscssablc property OF
Hartford County such sum or sums of money
they in their Judgment may deem best. not
exceeding the sum OF Six Thousand Dollars
nor less than Three Thousand Dollars i'll any
one year until the whole sum which the said
Commission hereby created or a majority of
them may require for DEMONSTRATION of said
addition and furnishing. together with intrr-
est thereon shall have been levied and collect
ed.
SECTION +. And he it enacted. That ail
levicS imposed or authorized bv this Act shall
be levied and imposed in the name of the said
Board of Commissioners appointed by this
Act and payable only TO their order or the
order of Il majority OF them.
SECTION ;. And he it enacted. That the
said Commissioners appointed by this Act
shall appoint one of their own number as
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 a majority OF said Com
niisSionerS and keep full and perfect account
of all moneys received and diSburSed by him
with the vouchers therefor, which he shall
regularly render and exhibit to the said Com
misSioners ut such and in such manner as
they or Il majority of them may require, and
shall faithfully account for all me ncyS received
by him as 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, i'll the
sum of Twenty five Thousand Dollars cond- |
toned for the faithful execution of the trust |
rcpoSed in him, which bond shall he filed III |
the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Hartford County and recorded among the |
public records of Hartford County, a certified |
of which shall be received as evidence i'll any |
Court of law or equity in this State, and the |
said board of Commissioners appointed by |
this Act shall have power to fill any vacancy |
occurring by death, resignation or refusal to |
act or other disqualification of the person so |
appointed Treasurer, and the person APP |
pointed to fill such vacancy shall give bond |
as hercinbeforc required.
SECTION &. And be it enacted, That i'll case |
of the death, resignation or refusal to act of
the said Commissioners appointed by this |
Act, the other Commissioners shall have full |
power to fill such vacancy or vacancies.
SECTION =. And he il enacted. That said |
Commissioners shall receive no compensation
tyr their services whilst engaged In contract
ing for and Supcrin tending the construction |
and furnishing said builCing. their actual cX-
pcnseS. however. shall be allowed. The said
Treasurer to receive such compensation as
the said Commissioners appoined by this Act
shall consider proper and right.
SECTION x. And be it enacted, That the
County Commissioners of Hartford County
are hereby authorized and required upon the
requSitiOn of the said board O fCOmmiSsion-
crS appointed by this Act. signed by them or
Il majority of them. to issue from time to
tmc bonds of said county to an amount not
exceeding Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars in
sums of not less than One Hundred Dollars,
bearing interest at a rate not exceeding hve
per centum per annum and redecmable and
payable at such times and in such manner
not exceeding ten years from the date ofiSSue,
as the said County Commissioners may de
tcrmine which said bonds shall be delivered
to the said board of Commissioners appoint
ed by this Act, and are to be by them ncgo-
tiated upon such terms and conditions as to
hem may seem reasonable. the proceeds and
;lvails thereof to he used in payment for the
ct said addition and the furnishing
;s aforesaid and of the money which they
may have borrowed temporarily for that
purpose; that the interest on said bonds
shall be paid Scmi-annualy and that the
bonds aforesaid shall be exempt from taxa
ton.
SECTION Q. And be it enacted. That it
shall be the duty of the Commissioners APP
pointed by this Act. whenever and often
as they shall be required by the County Com
niSsioners of Hartford County to render an
account of their expenditures and make full
report to said County Commissioners of all
their proceedings in the premises.
SECTION 10. And be il enacted, That upon
the completion of said addition and furnished
The board of County Commissioners shall APP
point committee consisting of the President
If the Board of County Commissioners, the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Hartford county
who shall receive no compensation tor their
services And it shall be their duty to keep
said Court House and offices therein and the
grounds surrounding the same neat and i'll
paid by the Comfy Commissioners of Har-
ford County.
SECTION il. And he it enacted. That this
Act shall take effect from the date of its pas
sage.
Approved February Is, 1904.
EDWIN WAKEFIELD,
Governor.
SPENCER c. JONES,
President of the Senate.
GEORGE Y. EEERHART.
Speaker of the House OF Delegates.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK HOUSE OF
DELEGATES.
hereby certify, That the aforegoing is n
true copy of an Act of the General Assembly
of MARYLAND, passed at the January Session,
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Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.