The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-07-24

Shipley, the Board of County Commiss'
toners of said County. and the Board
of School Commissioners of said
County, and Frederick Sasscer, be and
they are hereby appointed a Building
Committee for the above mentioned
High School to serve without pay, for
the purpose Of selecting and Purchas-
ing a site and constructing High
School Building and providing heating
apparatus and equipment therefor, thlr-
teen of said Committee to constitute a
quorum and the concurrence of ten to
be necessary for the deci1ion OF all
questions, which may arise in the per-
.formances of their duties, and all va
cancies in said Building Committee,
whether from death or refusal to act,
resignation or-otherwise to~be filed by
competent persons to be selected by
the Board of County School, Commiss-
toner's of Prince Georges County.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted,
That said Building Committee shall, as
speedily as possible, select and ppr-
chase suitable site for such building.
and procure and adopt plans and speci-
fications for the construction of said
High School Building, which shall be
of brick or concrete, and the providing
of suitable heating apparatus therefor
and as soon as said site shall be pur-
chased and said plans and specifica
tions determined upon by said Build
ing Committee they shall invite sealed
proposals by advertisement for re-
asonable time, for the construction and
completion of said work, which pro-
posals shall be in sealed envelopes, ad-
dressed in the care of said Building
Committee of the aforementioned High
School, and shall be publicly opened
on the day and at the hour named ID
said advertisement. Said proposals
shall set forth the amount of money
for which the parties proposing will
construct and complete the building,
including heating apparatus, according
to specifications, and the time or times
at which payments therefor shall be
made, and the said Committee shall
award the contract to the lowest re-
sponsible bidder, who shall within a
reasonable time thereafter, to be deter
mined by said Building Committee,
furnish to it bond to the State OF
MARYLAND in such penalty as said Com
mittee shall determine, conditioned for
the faithful performance Of the contract
entered into, the Committee, however,
reserving to itself at all times right to
reject any and all bids. Said bond
shall be liable at the suit of the Board
of County School Commissioners of
Prince Georges County for violation
of its conditions. The said Building
Committee is authorized and required
to employ skillful and competent
architect, under whose control and
supervision as to material and work
manship such work shall be- done; pro-
vided, however, that the entire cost OF
said building complete, including said
heating apparatus, shall not exceed the
sum of twenty thousand dollars ($2O,
10000.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted,
That in case said Building Committee,
mentioned in the preceding Section,
shall, from any cause, be unable to COLI
tract with the said owner or owners OF
any site sought for said school upon
what said Committee determines a fair
valuation thereof, the said Building
Committee may apply for writ of ad
quo damnum to the Clerk of the Cir
cult Court of Prince Georges County.
who shall forthwith issue the same, and
Sheriff shall execute the said writ and
return inquisition describing the land
and stating the amount of damages to
be paid the owner; and the Judge OF
the Circuit Court for said County may
at any time after the. return of the in
QUESTION, in term or during recess. hear
motion to confirm such inquisition,
or such notice to parties as he may
direct, and confirm or quash the same;
and if he quashes tn inquisition he
shall order new one forthwith to be
taken, but no lot so taken or enlarged
shall exceed, in the whole, five acres,
including the land occupied by the
school building.
SEC 4. And be it further enacted,
That the said Building Committee, upon
entering into any contract, whether for
the purchase of said building site, or
for the construction of said school
buildin- heating apparatus. and equip
ment. shall forthwith make report to
the County School Commissioners of
Prince Georges County, fully set forth
the terms and character of said con-
tracts, and the debts incurred thereby,
which report shall be entered upon the
records of the said County School
Commissioners, and the title to said
site, shall be taken in the name of the
Board of County School Commissioners
of Prince Georges County.
SEC. s. And be it further enacted,
That for the purpose of paying for the
said building site, and for the construc-
ton of said High School Building, and
the furnishing of heating apparatus and
equipment therefor, the School Comm
issioners of Prince Georges Comfy are
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row on the endorsement of the County
Commissioners of Prince Georges
County, who are hereby directed to en-
dorse such bonds on the faith and credit
of said County, to an amount not ex-
ceeding the sum of twenty thousand
dollars $4,000. 00), and to issue coupon
bonds therefor in sums of not less than
one hundred dollars ($100), nor more
than one thousand dollars $1,000, to
be signed by the President of said
Board of School Commissioners and
countersigned by the School Examiner
of said Board, with the seal of said
Board attached, and to be registered by
the said School Examiner of Prince
Georges County in separate book
kept for that purpose, and said bonds
shall bear interest at the rate of five
per cent per annum, payable semi
annually, on the first day of May and
the first day of November of each year
until said bonds shall be paid, and said
bonds shall he forever exempt from all
County and Municipal taxation and
shall have printed on them reference
to this Act as authorizing the issue
thereof"
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted,
That the School Commissioners of
Prince Georges County are hereby
authorized and directed to attain each
and every year from the sums of money
paid to them by the County COmmiss-
of Prince Georges County, for the
of the public schools of Prince
Georges County a sufficient amount
of money to meet the interest and to
create sinking fund to pay the princi-
pal Of said bonds as they mature, un-
til the last of said bonds issued under
this Act shall have been paid and can
celled.
SEC Z. And be it further enacted,
That the bonds issued under this Act
shall be dated the first day of May, 1914,
and be payable as to principal il thirty
years from the date of their issue; and
,aid bonds shall be advertised for sale