The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-06-28
lCHAPTER NO. 4o4. J

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 remeded 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 al 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
that length of time. and if the same is
then expended in remedying the very
pressing and deplorable conditions in
Frederick City, Ito do which will con-
sumo said fund for number of addi- !
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conditions at the schools in Frederick.
which call for immediate action, have
to continue for some years longer, but
the other portions of Frederick County
will be deprived for an additional number
Of years of any benefit from the annual
levy for new school buildings and for
to old school houses in said
county.
Now, therefore, in order TO meet the /
pressing needs, and to relieve the annual
Building Fund" so that it will not be
consumed for years to come in meeting
he present pressing needs in Brunswick
md Frederick CITY.
Section l. Be it enacted by the Gen .
raj Assembly OF MARYLAND, That the
county Commissioners of Frederick .
county in order to provide the necessary
unds for the purchase or condemnation
# ground in Frederick City, and the
rection, repair and Improvement of
chool buildings in Frederick City and
4 the town of Brunswick, and site and
ew buildings for public school in the
illage of Burkittsville in said comfy,
nd the expenses incident thereto are
ereby directed 10 borrow money on the
redit of the county to an amount not ex-
eeding the sum OF seventy-hve thousand
ollars. twenty-five thousand dollars on
lay 1st, 1912; twenty-five thousand