The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-08-05
CHAPTER 81

Prince Georges County State OF
Maryland, and for the issuing or
bonds for the payment of the same,
Section /. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
George N. Palmer, George W. Sanford,
Robert Kraft, George McDuell, William
F. Holmead, Frank A. Schwallenberg.
and Francis A. Carmody be, and they
are constituted, a building committee
the purpose of purchasing a lot or lots in
the Second Precinct of the Thirteenth
Election District of Prince Georges
County, State ,of Maryland. Said lois
to be situated within a radius OF me
half mile of the District Line Station
of the Chesapeake Beach Railroad,
and erecting and furnishing on the
lot or lots purchased a public school
building to be used for public school
purposes in Prince Georges County
and its municipalities, for the pupils or
the vicinity, free from any charge for
instruction therein whatsoever.
! Section 9. And be it enacted, That OF
the aforesaid building committee four
members shall constitute a quorum, n
the concurrence of four of them shall
be necessary for the decision of N
or all questions which may arise IN
the discharge of their duties; and all va
cancies occurring in said building com
| mittee, whether from death, resignation
| 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, n
/ they are hereby authorized to purchase
a lot of lots in the Second Precinct OF
| the Thirteenth Election District of
| Prince Georges County, State of Mary
land. Said lot or lots to be situated
| within a radius of one-half mile of the
| District Line Station of the Chesapeake
| Beach Railroad, and procure and adopt
a plan and specification for the erec-
| ton of said school house; and when
adopted said committee shall invite
sealed proposals by advertisement for
| a reasonable time for the erection OF
| said school buildings which proposals
| 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 advertisement. Said proposals
| setting forth the amount of money for
| which the parties proposing will COM
| plete the building according to the
specifications and plans and the time
or times at which payments therefor
| shall be made and the time when said
| building shall be completed; and the
| said building committee shall award
| the contract to the lowest responsible
| bidder upon such bidder giving bond to
| the Board of County School Commits
| sioners in ouch penalty as said com
Amittee shall determine conditioned for
the faithful performance of the contract
entered into. The building committee
| is hereby. required to employ one or
more competent architects, under whose
control and supervision as to material
| and workmanship such building shall
be erected; the building committee
| shall also select proper furniture for
the use of said public school house as
| we'll as determine the best method of
| heating the school having due regard
for the safety and health of pupils at
tending there and shall at such times
as it may deem proper, advertise for
| such furniture and plant and shall
| award the contract OF contracts to the
lowest RESPONSIBLE bidder Or bidders.
Section 4. And be it enacted That
when said committee shall have con-
| tracted for the erection of said school
| building and the furnishing and heat
ing thereof it shall report the same to
| the Board of County Commissioners
with the terms AMI conditions of such
contract and they shall also report the
costs and expenses incurred and paid
from time to time.
Sc ction 5. And be it enacted, That
| for the purpose of paying for said lot
L =. 1-x, a-l f>r tho opoction anH f1rnich-
| ing of said public school building, the
| School Commissioners for Prince George
| County are hereby authorized and dir
| ected to borrow; on the Endorsement of
| the County Commissioners of Prince
Georges Bounty who are hereby
| directed to indorse such bonds on the
| faith and credit of said County, an
| amount not exceeding the sum of eight
| thousand dollars and to issue coupon
| bonds ther efor in sums of not less than
| one thousand dollars each, to be signed
| by the president of said Board 0 fschool
| Commissioners and countersigned by the
| superintedent of said Board with the
| seal of said Board attached, and to be
| registered by the said school sdperin-
tendent of Prince Georges County in a
| separate book kept for that purpose
| and bonds shall bear 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 aud County taxation
| for any purpose, and shall have printed
on them reference to this act as aulhoriZ-
ing the issue thereof.
Section g.. And be it enacted, That
| the School Commissioners of Prince
Georges County are hereby authorized
| and directed TO retain each and every
| veal from the sum of money paid to
| them by the County Commissioners of
Prince Georges County, for the sup
port of the, public schools of Prince
| Georges County, a sufficient amount of
money to meet the interest and to
| create a sinking fund to pay the princi-
| pal 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 indors-
ed as a aforesaid.
Section Z. 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 high.
est bidder for cash, and for not less
than their face value, by the School
Commissioners of Prince Georges
County.
Section 8. And be it enacted, That
the County School Commissioners of
Prince Georges County shall annually
deposit in some savings institution in
the State of Maryland, at interest, a
sufficient sum of money to create sink
ing fund for the redemption of said
bonds at their maturity, and are here
by authorized and empowered to pur-
chase 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
n - =, r,;,o;n shall hauo sold hnDH ar