The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-06-10

AN All TO prOVlQe LOT Lne efeCllou
and equipment of a public high
schoolhouse in the fourth, eight or
eleventh Election District of Prince
Georges County, state of Maryland,
and for the issuing of bonds for the
payment of the cause.
Section /. Be it enacted by the gen.
eral assembly of Maryland that K. Hugh
| Perrie, DR.. II. M. Bowen, r. f. Baden,
w. w. Early, J.. w. Wilson, Thomas
| E. Bean and Robert Connick. Be and
they are hereby constituted a building
committee for the purpose of purchas-
ing a lot or lots in the fourth, eight
| or eleventh election districts of Prince
Georges County, State of Maryland,
| said lots to be situated within a radius
of one-half mile of the st Pauls Prot
estant Episcopal Church, and erecting
and furnishing en- the lot or lots pur-
| chased a public school building to be
used for High school purposes for the
| pupils Of Prince Georges County free
from any charge for instruction therein
whatsoever.
Section 2. And be it enacted that
of the aforesaid building Committee
Four members shall constitute a quorem,
and the concurrence of four of them
| shall be necessary for the decisien OF
any or all questions which may arise in
the discharge of their duties, and all
| vacancies occurring in said building
Committee, whether by death, resigna-
| ton, refusal to act or otherwise shall be
| filled by the School Commissioners of
| Prince Georges County.
Section 3. And be it enacted that
the said building Committee be and
49, o,o harahr authorized TO pnrahaS ca
| a lot or lots in the Fourth, Eight or
| Eleventh election Districts of Prince
Georges County, State of Maryland
| said lot or lots to be situated within one
| half mile of St. Paul's Protestant Epis-
| copal Church and procure and adopt a
| plan and specifications for the erection
| of said school house and when adopted
| said Committee shall invite sealed pro-
| posals by advertisements for a reason
| able time for the erection of said school
| building which proposal shall be sent
in sealed envelopes in care of the school
| Superintendent of Prince Georges
| County addressed to said Committee
| and shall be publicly opened on a day
and at the hour named in said adver-
tisement said proposals setting forth
the amount of money for which the
parties proposing will complete the
building according to the specifications
and plans and the time or times at
which payment therefore shall be made
and the time when said building shall
be completed and the said Building
Committee shall award the contract to
the lawest responsible bidder upon such
bidder giving bond to the board of
County school Commissioners in such
penalty as said Committee shall deter
mine conditioned for the faithful pre-
Torrance. Of the Contract entered in
to the building Committee is hereby re-
quired to employ one or more cOmpe-
tent architects under whose control and
supervision as to material and workman
ship such building shall be erected; the
building committee shall also select
proper furniture for the use of said
public school-house as well as deter
mine the best method of heating the
school having due regard for the safety
and health of the pupils attending
there and shall at such times as it may
deem proper advertise for such furniture
and heating plant and shall award the
contract or contracts to the lowest re-
sponsible bidder or bidders.
Section 4. And be enacted that when
said committee shall have contracted for
the erection of said school building and
the furnishing and heating thereof it
shall report the same to the board Of
County School Commissioners with the
terms and conditions of such contract
AMI they shall also report cost and
expenses incurred and payed from time
to time.
Section 5. And be it enacted that for
the purpose of paying for said lot or lots
and for the erection and furnishing of
said public High school building the
school commissioners for Prince George
County are hereby authorized and direct
ed to honor on the endorsement of the
County Commissioners of Prince
Georges County who are hereby direct
ed to endorse such bonds on the faith
and credit of said County an amount not
exceeding the sum of eight thousand dol
lars and to isue coupon bonds therefore
in sums of not less then one hundred
dollars and not more than one thousand
dollars each to be signed by the President
of said board of School Commissioners
and countersigned by the school super
intendent- of said board with the seal of
said board attached and to be registered
by the said school superintendent of
Prince Georges County in a separate
book kept for that purpose and said
bond shall heal interest at the rate of
five per cent per annum payable semi
annually on the first day of May and the
first day of November each year until
said bonds shall be paid and said
bonds shall be forever exempt from all
municipal and county taxation for any
purpose and shall have printed on them
| reference to this act as authorized the
issue thereof.
Section 6. And be it enacted that the
school commissioners of Prince Georges
| county are hereby authorized and dir
ected to retain each and every year from
the sum of money payed to them by the
County Commissioners of Prince
Georges County, a sufficient amount of
money to meet the interest and to create
a sinking fund to pay the principal Of
said bonds as they mature until the last
of said bonds issued under this act shall
have been paid and cancelled, should
said bonds be issued and endorsed as
aforesaid.
Section 7. And be it enacted that the
first bonds issued under this Act shall be
| dated the first day of May, 1910, and be
payable as to principal in Thirty years
from the date of their issue and said
bonds shall be advertised for sale in two
daily newspapers published in the city
of Baltimore, to be selected by the
School Board and sold to the highest
bidder for cash for not less than their
face value by the School Commissioners
of Prince Georges county.
Section s.. And be it enacted that
the County School Commissioners of
Prince Georges County shall annually
deposit in some National Bank in the
State of Maryland on interest, a suftic-
lent sum of money to create a sinking
fund for the redemption of said bonds
at their maturity, and are hereby author
lied and empowered to purchase from
the proceeds OF said sinking fund any of
the said bonds as may be offered for sale.
And upon the purchase of any such
bonds or the redemption of the same at
maturity the County School Commits
s~iOners shall have said bond or bonds