The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1910-06-03

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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
they are hereby authorized to purchase
a l6t 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
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 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 repensible 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-
formance. 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 we'll 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.
Sections. 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
an 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 couponbond's 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 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 and county taxation for any
purpose and shall have printed on them
reference to this act as authorized the
issue thereof.
Section g. And be it enacted that the
school commissioners Of Prince Georges s
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 a sufficient amount of
money to meet the interest and to create
sinking fund to pay the principal of
said bonds az 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 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 highest
bidder for cash 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 Commissioned. of
Prince Georges County shall annually
IN
State of Maryland on interest, a suffic-
lent sum of money to create 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
sioners shall have said bond or bonds
Immediately cancelled by stamping
across their face the word cancelled and
no portion of said sinking fund so set
apart shall ever be diverted to any other
purpos than to the purchase and liqu
datlon of said bonds and should the said
Superintendent or the County School
Commissioners or any other person hav-
ing charge of said sinking fund suffer or
permit the same or any part thereof to
be diverted from or applied to any other
purpose than the investment thereof
for the purchase of said bonds and the
purchase and redemption of the same
then the person or party 80 offending
shall be deemed guilty of misdemeauor
and upon conviction thereof shall be
subjected to fine of not less than
twice the amount SO misapp'!ed or di-
verted.
Section 8. And be it enacted that
county School Superintendent shall
keep separate account of the money
applied each year to the payment of in
terest on said bonds as well as the
amount of money deposited each year
to the creation and support of the sink