The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-06-28
Jesse d. PRICE
CHAPTER NO. 4o4.)

AN ACT to direct the County Commits,
sioners of Frederick County to borrow
money on the credit of SAID County to
purchase or condemn real estate, and
to pay for the erection, repair and
Improvement of a building or build.
ings for public schools in Frederick
City, and in the town of Brunswick, and
a site and new building for public
school in the village of Burkittsville.
in said county, and to issue bonds
therefor, and to levy on the assessable
property in Frederick County an an
nual tax sufficient to pay said bonds
when they mature and to pay the inter
est thereof as it becomes due.
Whereas, the conditions existing at the
public schools in Frederick City by
reason of the overcrowded condition of
said schools, the lack of proper ventila,
ton, the inadequacy of means to protect
the lives of pupils in case of fire and
improper sanitary provisions, are alarming
to such an extent as to produce protests
by citizens Of said city, and an earnest
desire on their. and on the part of the
Board of County School Commissioners
of said county to remedy the evils which
exist, and,
Whereas. The conditions cannot be
properly remedied except by the pur-
chase or condemnation OF a new site or
sites for schools, and the erection of an
additional building and the repair and
improvement of existing buildings for
the use of said schools. and.
Whereas, the relief afforded by the
provisions OF Chapter I25 OF the Acts
of the General Assembly of MARYLAND of
1910. has proved inadequate, and,
Whereas, The conditions a the public
schools in the town OF Brunswick, in
said county by reason of their utter mad.
equaCy to accommodate the number of
school children in said town neCessitated
the rental of rooms wholly unsuited for
school purposes to the detriment of sChol- !
arS and teachers, and at a great expense
to the county, and demanded immediate |
action on the part of the Board of County |
School Commissioners of said county. |
and said board has contracted for the |
erection of a new school building in said ,
town. but TO pay for the same out of the |
current revenues will consume the an !
nual levy for new buildings for several |
years, and deprive the balance of the !
county of any benefit from said fund for |
hat length of time and if the same is
hen expended in remedying the very
pressing and deplorable conditions in
Frederick City, Ito do which will con-
sumo said fund for a number of addi-
ional years. not only will deploaable
conditions at the schools in Frederick,
which call for immediate action. have
o continue for some years longer, but
he other portions of Frederick County
Will be deprived for an additional number
If years of any benefit from the annual
evy for new school buildings. and for
editions to old school houses in said
ounty.
Now, therefore, in order to meet the
resSing needs and to relieve the annual
Building Fund" so that it will not be
onsumed for years to come in meeting
he present pressing needs in Brunswick
nd Frederick Citv A.,
Section 1. Be it enacted BY the Gen
raj Assembly OF MARYLAND, That the ;
ounty Commissioners of Frederick
ountY in order to provide the necessary
lnds for the purchase or condemnation |
ground in Frederick City, and the
-ection, repair and Improvement of
'hool buildings in Frederick City and
the town of Brunswick, and site and {
ew buildings Tor public school in the {
llage Of Burkittsvile in said comfy, I
I'd the expenses incident thereto are {
ereby directed 10 borrow money on the S
edit of the county to an amount not ex- t
'eding the sum of seventy-five thousand r
olars, twenty-five thousand dollars, on II
ay Ist, 1912; twenty-five thousand a