The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-05-27

to the Board of Road Directors all
moneys collected from Liquor Licenses.
) as are now directed by law to be paid
I to the County Commissioners of said
l County, less their proper expenses as
! provided by law, and the said Board Of
: Road Directors shall apply the same
I as other road taxes collected under this
Act are applied, provided. that the said
Board of Road Directors shall annual
ly pay the proper authorities of incor.
porated towns iu the county, such part
If the funds derived from Liquor
Licenses issued to persons dealing in
liquor within the limits of said town
as o provided by law. And said
Board Of Road Directors are hereby
directed to pay annually to the proper
authorities of each incorporated town
in the county three-fourths of such
part of said road and bridge tax as
may be realized each year from the
~property within the limits of their
respective towns.
Section se6 All moneys belonging
to said Board of Road Directors shall
be deposited in one or more Banks of
said County to the credit of said Board,
and shall be paid out only upon checks
signed by the President of said Board
and countersigned by the Road
Engineer; except that for such sums
as shall be paid for labor OF provender,
checks may be signed by the Directors
of the respective districts, counter
signed by the Engineer. and the state
ment upon the checks. that such checks
are for labor or provender, shall be sutf1-
Gent warrant for their payment, when
50 signed. The total sum received for
the use of the roads and bridges from
any source, after payment into the
Redemption Fund. as hereinafter plo-
yided for, shall be divided into four
parts, and one part shall be known as
the General Fund, out of which
the salaries of the members of the
Board, the salary of the Engineer, and
all rebates payable to Incorporated
towns shall be paid, and the residue
thereof shall be subject to the DISPOSE
ton of q majority of said Board for road
or bridge uses, and such residue shall
each year be held as an emergency
fund, and no part thereof shall be ex-
pended until 95 per cent of the funds
allotted to each District shall have been
expended; the remaining three parts
shall be equally divided among the
four Road Districts herein created for
use upon the roads and bridges of the
respective districts, and the sum so
allottedt to each Road District shall be
divided, as nearly as practicable. among
the election districts of the respective
road districts, according to their road
mileage: and the Engineer shall keep a
separate itemized account of all expend-
lures, seeing to it that no Road Dis
trict exceeds its allotment. Should the
General Fund be insufficient to pay the
charges against it, the deficiency shall
be made up by deducting a sufficient
amount, pro rata, from the sum allow
ed each Road District hereunder. A
| detailed account of all receipts and ex-
penditures of said Board shall be pub
lished once a year in the month OF
January, in at least two newspapers
published in said County.
Section 287. That for the purpose set
forth in Section 28s of this Act the
| County Commissioners of Prince
Georges County are hereby authorized
| and directed to borrow on the faith and
credit Of Prince Georges County, an
| amount not exceeding the sum of six
teen thousand dollars ($16,OOO), and to
issue coupon bonds therefor in the sum
| of one hundred dollars. or any multiple
thereof, 10 be signed by the president
of said County Commissioners and the
| Clerk thereof, with the seal of said
| County Commissioners attached, and to
| be registered by the said clerk in a sep
arate book kept for that purpose; said
bonds shall bear interest at the rate of
five per cent per annum, payable on thr
first day of May and the first day of
November, each year, at some deslgnat-
ed national bank in said county. until
such bonds shall have been paid; and
said bonds shall have printed on them
Authorized by this Act" naming the
Act. All bonds to be payable as to
principal thirty years from the date of
| sued hereunder to be dated May /. 1910
| No bond authorized hereby shall be
sold for less than par and accrued in
| terest, and before any such bonds are
sold the County Commissioners are re-
quired to advertise the sale of the same
/ in one newspaper published in Balti
more city and one newspaper published
in Prince Georges County, and to sell
| the same on . day named ia said adver-
tisement at public auction, at the Court
| House door to the highest bidder. And
| for the purpose of redeeming said bonds
| upon maturity and the payment of in
terest thereon the Board of Road Dir
ectors are hereby required to deposit in
| some bank in said county, to the joint
| credit of said County Commissioners
and the Board of Road Directors. where
| interest can be obtaine d. if possible, to
| the credit of a separate account, to DO
known as the Redemption and Inter-
| est Account" annually from the road
| funds received by them, before any
| division or deduction from said Juno
| shall be made, one-thirtieth of the total
amount of the bonds outstanding, and
| q sufficient amount to pay the interest
| on all bonds outstanding for one year
from the date of deposit. Such fund to
be used only for the purpose of paying
| interest on said bonds n purchasing, |
paying or redeeming the same, and any
| other use of said funds shall be a mis-
| demeanor punishable, upon conviction, |
by q fine double the amount of the
money so converted. The Board of
Road Directors may at any time pur-
| chase in the open market. when obtain
able, such bonds at q price not exceed
ing one hundred and two ($1O2) and
accrued interest, and all bonds so pur-
chased or otherwise redeemed or paid
shall be marked across the face 'sCan- |
celed."
Section 2ss. The County Commits
sioners are hereby directed and requir-
ed within sixty days from the passage |
of this Act to sell the said $16, 900 of |
the bonds provided for in section 291
and to pay over to the Board of Road
Directors as 900 as received the full
amount realized from the sale of said
bonds, the cost of printing or engrav
ing said bonds, the advertising of the
same and all other costs attached to the
issuance and sale of said bonds to be |
paid by the County Commissioners from
ordinary county funds, and the said
Board Of Road Directors from the pro-
ceeds thereof to Immediately thereafter
purchase road equipment and machinery
as follows: Not less than four road
rollers of a minimum weight of three |
tons, not less than eight mules for each
Road District; and such harness, |
wagons, split log drags, carts, hose,
plows, picks. shovels. scoops, and other
machinery and equipment as they may
deem necessary for the thorough work