The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-28
Bonding Act to Build Court House and
Jail at Oakland.

AN ACT to enable the qualified voters of
Garrett county to determine by ballot
whether bonds, not to exceed the sum of
one hundred and twenty five thousand
dollars, shall be issued by the County
commissioners of said county for the pur-
pose Of building and furnishing a new
Court House and Jail, at the county seat,
Oakland, in said county.
SECTION |. BE it enacted by the General As
SemDlY of Maryland, That the question of
whether or not the County Commissioners Of
Garrett County shall issue bonds to an
amount not less than seventy--fve nor eX-
ceeding one hundred thousand dollars for
the purpose of purchasing lots and furnish
ing and erecting and building Court House,
and new Jail and furnishing the same, at
Oakland, the county seat of said county, not
to exceed the sum of twenty-five thousand
dollars. shall be submitted to the registered
qualified voters at the Congressional cleo
ton to he held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday Of November in the year nine
teen hundred and four, the said ticket to he
voted to be printed on the congressional
ballot to be used at said election the ballot
to be used in said election shall have printed
on them Tor the issue OF bonds or against the
issue OF bonds, and shall he counted and re
turned as other election returns are counted
and made.
SEC. >. And be it enacted, That if if shall
be found by the returns of said judges
OF election that a majority of the votes cast
IN said county are for the issue of said bonds,
then 1t Shall be the duty of the County Com
misSioners of Garrett County, within nine
months after said election, to issue said bonds
TO an amount not exceeding one hundred
and twenty five thousand dollars in sums
not less than one hundred nor more than
one thousand dollars each, and shall bear
interest not to exceed five per centum per
annum; and within nine months after said
election if it shall be decided by theIballots
cast at said election if it be decided by ballot
cast that said bonds shall be issued the said
County Commissioners Shall issue bonds
which bonds shall he signed by the President
of the Board of County Commissioners, and
TO be countersigned by the clerk OF the said
board, and the said bonds shall be made
| payable in the following manner that is to
say: I'VE thousand dollars each and every
year, beginning with the year 1907. and they
shall have coupons attached for the semi
annual interest, payable respectively on the
| first day of February and the first day of
August in each year; the said bonds shall be
dated as Of.the first day of August 1866 and
shall be forever exempt from all taxation
for any purpose, ana shall have printed ON
them reference to the Act authorizing
the Issue thereof
SEC. g. And be it enacted. That said bonds
| shall he issued to mature at such date
| shall not require the payment thereof OF
more than five thousand dollars i'm any one
| year; but none of said bonds shall he issued
to mature befOret the first day of August 1907.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That in order to
| pay the interest on said bonds the County
| commissioners Shallannually, beginningwith
! their levy laying session in 1905, levy on the
asSeSSable property of the COuntya sufficient
amount to pay said interest until the said
| bonds shall respectively mature; and for the
with the year 1907, levy on the asSeSSable
| property of said county the sum of five
| thousand dollars to pay said bonds, which
| shall be paid in the order or their serial num-
| Der, beginning with serial number and in
| their successive order.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That Of the whole
! issue of said bonds so authorized or so much
as may be necessary, the said County Com
| missioners shah Immediately after signing
| said bonds, as herenbefOre provided, sell at
| public auction to the highest bidder for cash,
| which said sale OF said bonds shall be made
! upon due notice by publication in such news
! paper or news papers as the said County
! commissioners shall deem proper and neceS-
| sar,
SEC. &. And be it enacted, That the pro
Ceeds arising from the sale of said bonds
shall be applied by the County Commissioners
| or said county for the purchase of such lots
| and the erection and furnishing Of new
| Court House and Jail building, at Oakland,
| the county seat Of said county, and for no
| furnishing OF said Court House and Jail, the
| said County Commissioners SHAH contract
/ by sealed bids for which contracts advei'
| tiSementS shall be made in such newspaper
| or newspapers as the said County Commits
| SiOnerS shall deem proper, giving notice Of
| the time and place OF the public opening of
| such bids, and they shall require such bidder
| to file with their bids good and sufficient
| bond with surety or suretaes to be APPROX
| ed by them in such penalty for the faithful
| performance of the contract thereunfler as
| they may deem proper and upon the OPEN
| ing OF such bids the said County OOmmis-
| SiOnerS shall award the said contract to the
| lowest responsible bidders, but they shall
have the power to reject any and all bids.
| SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That this Act
| shall take effect from the date OF its Passage.
| Approved April Sth, 1904.