The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-04-26
Debating TO THE TOWN OF
- UNION BRIDGE.
CHAPTER 622.

~ ACT to authorize and empower
the Mayor and Common Council OF
Union Bridge, Carroll County,
Maryland, to borrow money on the
credit of said town of Union Bridge,
for the purpose of purchasing, con-
structing or erecting an Electric
Light and Power Plant; to issue
bonds for the payment of the same,
for holding an election, and to levy
taxes on the assessable property of
said town of Union Bridge; to re-
deem said bonds and pay the inter
est thereon.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
for the purpose of constructing,
erecting or purchasing and main
tanning an electric light and power
plant, to light the streets and alleys
of said town of Union Bridge, and to
furnish electric light for the citizens
of said town, and to contract for pur
chase in fee simple, or lease for a
term of years, renewable at their pleas
ure any land, real estate, and to use
and occupy forever or for term of
years necessary for the purpose Of
furnishing said town with electric
light, the Mayor and Common Council
of Union Bridge be and they are here
by authorized and empowered and
directed to borrow money on the
credit of said town of Union Bridge,
to an amount not exceeding Fifteen
thousand dollars and to issue regis
tered coupon bonds of said town in
payment of said sum and the interest
thereon to accrue; provided, however,
that the question of the issue of said
bonds and the aggregate amount
thereof shall be submitted by the said
Mayor and Common Council to the
legal and qualified voters of said town,
az the next municipal election in the
said town of Union Bridge, on the
first Monday in April, q. ID, 1912, be-
tween the hours of three and six O.
clock, p. m, or at any municipal cleo
ton for Mayor and Common Cou4cil
Of said town Of Union Bridge, here
after held, or at any special election
to be called and held by the Mayor
and Common Council of Union Bridge,
Carroll County, Maryland, for this
purpose, provided, the said Mayor
and Common Council of Union Bridge
shall give at least seven days notice
OF the time, place and object of said
election prior to said election, by
publication in one or more newspap-
ers published in said Carroll County,
and the said notice shall also state
plainly the aggregate amount of bonds
to be issued for the purpose of this
Act.
Section 2, And be it enacted, that the
Union Bridge, Carroll County, Mary
a
to call special election at any time
for the purpose of submitting the
question to the voters of said town
of Union Bridge, whether or not the
bond issue herein provided for shall
be made.
Section 3. And be it enacted, That
at the said election, either general
or special, in said town of Union
Bridge a vote shall be taken whether
or not the bond issue herein provided
for shall be made, which election
shall be held under the provisions of
law now governing elections in said
town of Union Bridge; and for taking
said vote there shall be printed on
all ballots at said election the words
For the Electric Light Bond Issue"
and the words Against the Electric
Light Bond Issue" and if majority
of the legal qualified voters shall vote
i'm favor of said bond issue then the
Mayor and Common Council Of said
Union Bridge are required to issue
said bonds to an amount not exceed
ing In the aggregate the amount or
sum of money named in said publish
ed notice of said election; the said
bonds shall be issued in sums of not
less than one hundred dollars nor
more than one thousand dollars;
shall have coupons attached thereto
for the purpose of the interest there
on, payable semi-annually at a rate
not exceeding five per cent; shall
each be signed by the Mayor and
Common Council, with the corporate
seal of said town affixed, and shall
be registered by said clerk i'm a book
specially provided for that purpose
The Mayor and Common Council are
authorized and empowered to fix and
determine the length of time any and
all said bonds shall run, their series
and the time at which any and all
said bonds shall be redeemable, pro-
vided, none of said ponds shall run
beyond forty years from the date of
said issue; but if a majority of the
said legal and qualified voters shall
vote against the issue of said bonds,
then this Act shall be null and
void. The judges and clerk at said
election shall, at the close of the polls
of said election day, cast up the votes
and make certificate of the same in
the usual form and file said certificate
with and return the ballots to the said
Mayor and Common Council, who
shall announce the result of said
election in one or more newspapers
published in said Carroll County.
Section A. And be it enacted, that
if the result of said election shall be
in favor of the bond issue, for the
purpose aforesaid, the Mayor and
Common Council of the town of Union
Bridge, be and they are hereby auth
orized and empowered to issue bonds
upon the credit of said town of I'm
ion Bridge as hereinbefore provided
and to sell, said bonds at such time
and place, in such manner, at public
or private sale, as the said Mayor and
Common Council may determine pro-
vided, that no bond shall be sold at
sum less than it's par value; and
with the proceeds of said sale of said
bonds, to contract or purchase, erect
or build an electric light and power
plant, for the use of said town; and
to pass such ordinances as may be
necessary for the purpose of this Act,