The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-10-30
Public Local Laws
published by authority
CHI AP TER---

AN ACT to provide for the selection
or site, and for the construction of
public school building, and the fur
nishing of heating apparatus and
equipment therefor, in or near the
village of Brandywine, Prince
Georges county, Maryland, and to
authorize the Board of County School
missioners of said county in their
discretion to borrow money for this
purpose by the using of bonds to be
endorsed by the County Commission
ers or Prince Georges county. and
to authorize the County Commission
ers to levy taxes on the assessaole
property of said county to redeem
said bonds.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland. that Joseph
81. BlanGford, Jr', A. L. Robinson,
Charles s. Early, John A. Coe, NJ. D.,
William w. Early, Henry st. j: l..
Briscoe, Harry E. Lusby, r. Hugh
Perrie, O. B. Zantzinger, Virgil M.
Lawrence, be, and they are hereby,
constituted building committee for
the purpose of purchasing lot or lots,
and erecting and furnishing, in the
town of Brandywine, public school
building, four of whom shall constitute
a Quorum, and concurrence of four OF
them shall be necessary for the decision
of s. II questions that may arise in the
discharge of their duties, and all vacan-
cies occurring in said building com
mittee, whether from death, reslgna-
ton, refusal to act, or otherwise, shall
he filled out by the School Commission
ers of Prince Georges county.
SECTION 2 And be it enacted, That
said Building Committee shall as soon
as it is decided that bonds shall be is
sued. as speedily as possible: select and
nurchase a suitable site for such build
inc and procure and adopt plans and
specifications for the construction OF
said school building, and the providing
a suitable heating apprntus and equip
ment therefor; and as soon as said site
shall be purchased and said plans and
specification determin ed upon by said
building committee, they shall invite
sealed proposals by advertisement for
reasonable time, for the construction
and completion of said work, which
proposals shall be in sealed envelopes
addressed in care of said Building Com
mittee. and shall be publicly opened on
the day and hour named in said adver-
tisement. Said proposals shall set forth
the amount of money for which the
parties Proposing will construct and
complete the building, including heat
ing apparatus, according to specllca-
tions. and the time or times at which
payments therefor shall be made; and
the said committee shall award the con-
tract to the lowest responsible bidder
who shall, within a suitable time there
after to be determined by said Build
ing Committee. furnish to it bond to
the State of Maryland in such penalty
as such committee shall determine con-
toned for the faithful performance of
the contract entered into, the COM
mittee, however, reserving to itself at
all times the right to reject any and all
bids. Said bond shall be liable at the
suit of the Board of County Commits
sioners of Prince Georges c..unty for
violation of it's conditions. The said
building committee is authorized and
required to employ a skilltul and com
petent architect, under whose control
and supervision as to material and
workmanship such work shall be done;
and said building committee shall also
invite sealed proposals for the equip
ment of said building, and shall award
the contract for some to the lowest re-
sponsible bidder, the committee, howev.
er, reserving to itself at all times the
right to reject any and all bids for said
equipment: provided however. that the
entire cost of said site and building
complete, including said heating appara.
tus and equipment, shall not exceed
the sum of seven thousand five hundred
dollars
SECTION 8 Be it further enacted,
that in case said building committee
mentioned in the proceeding section
shall from any cause, be unable to con-
tract with the owner or owners OF any
site sought for said s;hool upon what
said committee determines fair valu-
alton thereof, the said bui ding COM
mittee may apply for writ of ad quod
damnum to the Clerk OF the Circuit
Court for the county who shall forth
with issue the same, and the sheriff
shall execute the said writ and return
the inquisition describing the land ano
stating the amount of damages to be
paid the owner; and the judge of the
circuit court for the county may at any
time after the return of the inquisition
in term during recess hear motion to
confirm such inquisition, on motion tc
parties as he may direct, and confirm
or quash the same; and if he quashes
the inquisition he shall order "a new
one forthwith to be taken, but no lot sc
taken or enlarged shall exceed IN the
whole five acres, Including the land
occupied by the school building.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, that the
said building committee, upon entering
into any contract, whether for the pur-
chase of said building site, or for the
construction of said school building,
heating apparatus and equipment, shall
forthwith make report to the county
school commissioners of Prince George
county, fully setting forth the terms and
character of said Contracts, and the
reports of said county school commits
sioners, and the title to said site shall
be taken in the name of the board oil
county school commissioners of Prince
Georges county.
SEC. 5 And be it enacted, that fol-
the purpose of paying for aaid building
site, and for the construction of said
school building and the furnishing OF
the heating and equipment therefor,
the school commissioners of Prince
Georges county are hereby authorized
to borrow on the endorsement of the
county commissioners of Prince
George county. who are hereby direct
ed only upon the written recommends
ton of said school commissioners in
case it be decided to issue said bond io
endorse such bond on the faith and
credit of said county an amount not
exceeding the sum of seven thousand
five hundred dollars, and to issue.eou-
pom bonds therefor in sums of not less
than one hundred dollars nor more
than one thousand dollars, to be signed
by the president Of said b BARD of school
commissioners and countersigned by
the school examiner Of Prince Georges
county in a separate book for that pur-
pose, and said bonds snail bear interest
at the rate of five per cent. per annum,
payable sem-annually on the first day
of May and the first day Of November
of each year until said bonds shalt be
paid, and said bonds shall be forever
exempt from al municipal and county
taxation for any purpose, and shall
have printed on them Preference to
this Act as authorizing the issue therof."
SEC6 And be it enacted, that the
school commissioners OF Prince
Georges county are hereby authorized
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