The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-08-16
BUILDING NEW COURT HOUSE

VI 1dIICIl COuI4lN 10 uSISfIllle hE
ballot whether bonds not to exceed
the sum of seventy-five thousand
dollars shall be issued by the Coun-
ty Commissioners of said county for
the purpose of building and furnish
ing a new Court House at the coun-
ty seat, Oakland, in said county.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
the question of whether or not the
County Commissioners of Garrett coun-
ty shall issue bonds to an amount not
Exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars.
pr the purpose Of purchasing lots and
and erecting and building a
court house at Oakland, the county seat
of said county, shall be submitted to the
registered, qualified voters at the Con-
gresslonal 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. 2. 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
sloners of Garrett county within
nine months after said election to
issue said bonds to an amount not ex-
ceedlng 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 be
decided by the ballots cast at said cleo
ton. If it be decided by ballots cast
that said bonds shall be issued, the
said County Commissioners shall issue
bonds, which bonds shall be signed by
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
semi-annual interest, payable respec-
lively on the first day of February and
the first 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 for State purposes and shall have
printed on them q 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 pay
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. /. 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,
'eginning with the year 1869, levy on
. te assessabie 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
cessiye order.
SEC ;. And be it enacted, That Of
the whole issue of said bonds author
lied, or so much as may be necessary,
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
bonds 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
sioners 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
jOrity of them, are hereby authorized.
empowered and directed to employ a
competent architect at a reasonable
compensation and to contract for and
superintend the building of court
house, jury room and library, and all
the necessary Offices for the accommo-
dation Of Circuit Court and Orphans
Court, county boards and officers, upon
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 Off
ces, when 50 constructed, with neces-
sary fire-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 as
may be required, and with such other
things as their convenience may re-
quire; which courthouse and Offices shall
be built bv contract, after public notice