The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-07-26

gressiOnal election to be held on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday of
November in the year of 1906, the said
ticket to be 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
For the Issue Of Bonds" or against
the Issue of Bonds, and shall be count
ed and returned as other election returns
are counted and made.
SEC. ?. And be it enacted. That if
it shall be found by the return of said
judges of election that a majority of
the votes cast in said county are for the
issue of said bonds, then it shall be
the duty of the County Commits
sioners of Garrett county within
nine months after said election to
issue said bonds to an amount not ex-
ceeding seventy-five thousand dollars.
IN sums not less than one hundred nor
more than one thousand dollars, and
shall bear interest not to exceed five
per centum per annum, and within nine
months after said election, if it shall he
decided by the ballots cast at said cleo
ton. If it be decided by ballots cast
that said bonds shall be issued, the
Se'iN SONIlly commissioners Shall issue
bonds, which bonds shall be signed bv
the president of the board of County
Commissioners and to be countersigned
by the clerk Of said board; and the said
bonds shall be made payable in the fol-
lowing manner, that is to say: Five
thousand dollars each and every wear,
beginning with year 1909, and they
shall have coupons attached for the
seml-annual interest, payable respec-
lively on the first day of February and
the flrSt day OF August in each year;
the said bonds shall be dated as the first
day OF August, 1907, and shall be forever
exempt from all taxation for any pur-
pose tor State purposes and shall have
printed on them a reference to the Act
authorizing the issue thereof.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That
said bonds shall be issued to mature at
such date as shall not exceed the paw
ment thereof of more than five thou
sand dollars in any one year, but none
OF said bonds shall be issusd to mature
before the first day of August, 1909.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That in
order to pay the interest on said bonds
the County Commissioners shall, an
nually, beginning with their levy-laying
session IN 1907, levy on the assessable
property of the county a sufficient
amount to pay said interest until said
bonds shall respectively mature; and for
the payment of said bonds they shall,
beginning with the year 1909 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 of'their several numbers, begin
ming. with serial No. l, and their sue
cesslve order.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That of
the whole issue of said bonds author
lied, or so much as may be necessal '.
the said County Commissioners shall
Immediately after signing said bonds,
as hereinbefore 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 newspaper or newspapers as the
said County Commissioners shall deem
proper and necessary.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the
proceeds arising from the sale of said
ponds shall be supplied by the County
Commissioners Of said county for the
purchase of such lots and the erection
and furnishing of a new court house at
Oakland, the county seat of said county,
and for no other purpose; and for the
building and furnishing Of said court
house
SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the
judges of the Circuit Court for Garrett
county, the board of County Commits
sloners Of Garrett county and five other
citizens and taxpayers of Garrett cOun-
ty, to be selected and named by the
Judges of the Circuit Court for Garrett
county, be and they are hereby appoint
ed commissioners, and they, or a ma
Jorlty of them, are hereby authorized,
empowered and directed to employ a
competent architect at a reasonable
compensation and to contract for and
superlntend the building of a court
house, jury room and library, and all
the necessary offices for the accommo-
dation of Circuit Court and OlDhaY >
Court, county boards and officers, III IN
the ground already acquired and to be
acquired IN the town of Oakland. in Gar
rett county; for the erection of public
| building for Garrett county, and the
furnishing Of said courthouse and o.
ces, when so constructed, with neces-
sary tire-proof vaults and cases for the
reception of the public records and their
preservation from loss by fire. and with
all the necessary furniture for the ac
commodation of the Circuit Court and
Orphans Court for Garrett county. the
the County Commissioners, the board
of school commissioners for said county.
county treasurer, the States attorney,
sheriff, the county surveyor, the mem
bers OF the bar and such other Offices IS
may be required, and with such other
things as their convenience may re-
quire; which courthouse and Offices shall
be built by contract, after public notice
of at least four weeks in such news
papers as said commissioners shall Sc
lect, of the letting of the contract or
contracts, the said commissioners re-
serving the right to reject bid or bids
which for any reason shall not be salts
factory to them; and the bidder or bid
ders to whom the contract or contracts
may be awarded shall execute bond or
bonds to the said County Commissioners
with security or securities, and with
penalty, approved by the commissioners
appointed by this Act, conditioned for
the faithful performance Of his or their
contract or contracts, in accordance
with the specifications furnished bv the
said commissioners; provided, that the