Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-05-15
PUBLIC LOCAL. LAWS.
CHAPTER 1853.

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Road between the improved road lead
ing to Travilah and the State Road at
Ounce Orchard. distance of about three
(3)miles, within the Fourth (4) Sixth CO..
and Ninth 90 Election districts of said
county; and to levy and collect taxes in
the said (4. Sixth (6) and Ninth [9l
districts of said county for the pay
ment of the said bonds and the interest
coupons thereon. provided that on or
before May list, 1914. certain dona-
tons be made. as hereinafter provided
to the said County Commissioners to be
applied by them for the purpose herein.
Section |. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland. That the County
Commissioners of Montgomery county be
and they are hereby authorized and di-
rected to issue bonds to the amount of
Fifteen Thousand Dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, for the pur-
pose of building and improving the public
road known as the Jamestown Road be-
tween the improved road leading to Ira
vilah and the State Road at Ounce
Orchard, distance of [3l miles. and to
levy and collect taxes in the Fourth,
Sixth and Ninth districts of said county
for the payments of said bonds and inter
est coupons as hereinafter stated, pro-
sum of Two Thousand Dollars be donated
to the said County Commissioners of
Montgomery County to be applied by them
for the purpose of building and improving
said road as herein stated.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
the said County Commissioners be, and
are hereby directed, upon the execution
and assurances by satisfactory evidence
in writing upon such terms and condi-
tons as said County Commissioners may
prescribe and determine for the payment
by donation of sum of Two Thousand
Dollars as herein provided. to borrow on
the credit of said county the sum of Fiji
teen Thousand Dollars or so much as may
be necessary and the said County Com
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for under the Corporate Seal of the said
County Commissioners, signed by the
President of the Board of County Com
missiOners and countersgned by the Clerk
thereof, in sums not less than One Hun
dred Dollars nor more than Five Hundred
Dollars the said bonds to bear interest
from the date of issue thereof at the rate
OF not more than five per centum per
annum, payable semi annually, and which
said interest to the maturity of each of
said bonds shall be provided for and set
forth in the coupons attached to each of
said bonds, respectively. for the interest
due and payable thereon, and which said
bonds shall have printed on them a
distinct reference to this Act authorizing
the issue.
Sec. 3. And be ii further enacted, That
all bonds issued under the provisions of
this Act shall be in one Series and be re-
deemable as follows that is to say, not
less than One Thousand Dollars Isl, 00O1
thereof in one year from date Of their
issue and thereafter, annually, One Thous-
and Dollars Isl 600 each and every year
until the whole amount of said bonds and
coupons shall have been fully paid, and
to this end the said County Commission
ers shall issue the said bonds in serials
redeemable in their proper order; and the
said bonds shall be sold after due adver-
tisement, at public or private sale, in the
dircretion Of the said County Commits
sioners. and none of said bonds shall be
sold for less than par
Sec 4. And be it further enacted. That
the said County Commissioners shall
cause to he levied upon and collected
from the taxable property of the Fourth,
Sixth and Ninth Election Districts of said
county an additional tax annually suffl-
cient to pay the said bonds and interest
as the said bonds and interest coupons
may severally mature, as provided herein,
the amount so assessed to be equally d-
vided between the three election districts
as aforementioned. according to the mile
| age of said road or roads within each dis
trict, and in computing the road mileage
of any part of the said road constituting
boundary line between two districts,
each district sha be charged with one
half Of the mileage constituting such
boundary line; and the special tax or levy
shall be a lien upon the taxable property
of each Of the said election districts in
which il is levied. and the said tax shall
be collected in like manner as other taxes
levied in said county are collected, and
when collected shall be applied as here
inbefOre provided. to the payment Of the
said bonds as they seVeraly mature and
the interest thereon semi-annually which
said bonds and coupons when issued
shall be non contestable for any cause
whatsoever as other said bonds and cou-
pons so issued when redeemed, whether
and it shall be the duty Of the County
Commissioners to Immediately cancel the
same.
Sec. S. And be 1t further enacted, That
the said County Commissioners be and
they are hereby authorized. empowered
and directed to apply the proceeds of this
bond issue Of Fifteen Thousand Dollars
as aforesaid or the proceeds of the sale of
as many bonds as may be necessary for
the purpose herein stated, and the sum
OF Two Thousand Dollars to be donated,
as aforesaid, to the payment for the build
ing, improving and relocating the public
road as herein mentioned of said Fourth.
Sixth and Ninth Election districts as
aforesaid in said county; the building and
improvement thereof to consist Of the
grading Of said road and the construction
thereof Of q macadam or other durable
road according to plans and specifca-
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