Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1909-04-09
BETHESDA ROAD NOTICE.

WHEREAS. By an Act of the General AS
sembly of Maryland, passed at its Session
in 1908, adding four new sections to Arti-
Gle 16 of the Code of Public Local Laws,
Title Montgomery County" subtitle
Roads, being sections 177B, 177C, 177D
and I'VE, the County Commissioners of
Montgomery county are vested with power
and authority. after certain conditions have
been complied with, to issue and place
special road improvement bonds to cover
the costs of improving a road or roads in
any election district in said county upon
being satisfied by petition of resident
taxpayers of any of said districts, duly filed,
that there is general public demand in
that particular district for such road i'm
provement.
missioners are satisfied by petition of
resident taxpayers of the Seventh (Be-
thesda) Election District of said county
and State of Maryland, duly filed, that
there is such general demand for such
road improvement in that district of the
road leading from the Conduit Road at
Glen Echo to the Old Bethesda Pike, in
tersecting the latter near the new Bethesda
school house. said road also intersecting the
River Road at Cohassett, the entire length
of said road being about three and one
half 6 1-2) miles. together with branch
road along and over said River Road from
its intersection at CohasSett with said first
described road (leading as aforesaid from
the Conduit Road to the Old Bethesda Pike
to the line of the District of Columbia the
entire length of said branch road being
about two and one-half e 1-2) miles, and
that said road and branch road be piked with
stone under and in accordance with the re-
Nf h. II ILL,
known as the Shoemaker Law" of Mary
land. approved April End, 1904, that one-half
of the costs of such road improvement re-
quired to be paid by Montgomery county
under the terms of said State Aid Law, be
raised by special improvement bonds of
said county. the said special improvement
bonds and interest thereon to be paid by
special tax to be levied upon the taxa
able property of said Seventh (Bethesda)
Election District, as provided in Sections
177B. I'VE. of the Code of Public Local
Laws, title Montgomery County, subtitle
Roads" Now. therefore. be it
Resolved, By the Board of County Com
missioners for Montgomery county, Mary
land, that the question as to whether or
not the said Board of County Commission
ers shall issue and place such special road
improvement bonds be submitted to the
registered and qualified voters of the said
Seventh (Bethesda) Election District at a
special election to be held in said district
on such date, according to the provisions
of said Act. as the said Board of County
Commissioners may designate: and be it
further
Resolved. That the road and branch road
in said Seventh (Bethesda) Election Dis
trict so proposed to be improved are the
roads leading from the Conduit Road at
Glen Echo to the Old Bethesda Pike, in
tersecting the latter near the new Bethes-
da school house. said road also intersecting
the River Road at COhassett and the River
Road from Cohassett to the District of Co
lumbia line total distance of about six
(6) miles; and be it further
Resolved, That the proposed improve
ment of said road and branch road shall
consist of modern improved pike to be
constructed under and in accordance with
the provisions of the State Aid Law, COM
monty known as the Shoemaker Law of
Maryland, approved April End, 1904, APP
plication to be made by said Board of
County Commissioners of Montgomery coun-
ty to the Highway Division of the Mary
land Geological Survey. as provided for in
the said State Aid Law, for the construction
OF said road and branch road the States
portion OF the costs of construction of said
road and branch road to come out of any
"unexpended balance" of appropriations
provided for in said State Aid Law or spe-
cial appropriations in pursuance thereof !;
and be it further
Resolved. That the total cost of so
| improving said road and branch road
shall not exceed the sum of fifty thousand
dollars, and that sum not greater than
twenty five thousand ($25,000.00). the
same being one-half of the total cost of
such road improvement required to be paid
by Montgomery county under the terms of
said State Aid Law. shall be raised by
special road improvement bonds of Mont
gomery county as provided in Sections
l77D and I'VE of the Code of Public Local
Laws, title Montgomery County sub
title Roads: and be it further
Resolved, That the bonds issued to pay
for improving said road and branch road
as aforesaid, shall be issued so that one of
such bonds shall mature each year until the
entire issue of twenty-five thousand dollars
(S25,O0OOO). or so much thereof as may
be necessary to be issued, shall have ma
tured And that the said bonds shall be
for one thousand dollars ($1 ,000.00) each
and be it further
Resolved. That special tax be levied
upon the taxable property of said Seventh
(Bethesda) Election District to pay the said
bonds and interest thereon as they mature,
from year to year, until all of said bonds
shall have been taken up and paid
This is to give notice to all parties con-
cerned that the special improvement bond
issue as above proposed would affect the
tax rate in the Seventh (Bethesda) Elec-
ton District approximately cents on
the hundred dollars, and that the County
Commissioners will meet in their rooms
at Rockville, on Tuesday. April 9th. at IL
O'Clock. A. M, to hear any objections that
may be offered to the proposed resolutions.
BY order of the Board of County Commits
sioners for Montgomery county Mary
land
o. H. p. CLARK,
President.
ROBERT C. HILTON. Clerk.