The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-07-03
CHAPTER S57.

AN All prOVlQlnS Ior Inc seieC1ion
and the purchase of site and fol
the construction of heating appara'
tus and equipment therefor to be buill
within the radius of mile of the Balti'
more s. Ohio Railroad Station at River
dale, Prince Georges County, Mary
land, and to authorize and require the
Board of County School Commission
ers of said County to borrow money fol
such purpose by the issuing of bonds,
to be endorsed by the County Comm.
. issioners of Prince Georges County
and to authorize the County Comm
issioners to levy taxes on the assess.
able property of said County to re-
deem said bonds, and to regulate
the use of said building.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Guy W. Latimer, William P. Magruder
Charles W. Clagett, Brice Bowie, j.
Burrows Waters, G. A. Meyer, T.
Howard Duckett, Edward Gasch, Louis
F. Men1kheim, William II. Venneman
William Bull. ]. August Miller, Charles
A. Fox, A. o. Etienne, Francis l.
Shirley, the Board of County Commiss
toner's of said County, and the Board
of School Commissioners of said
County, and Frederick Sasscer, be and
they are hereby appointed Building
Committee for the above mentioned
High School to serve without pay, for
the purpose of selecting and Purchas-
ing site and constructing a High
School Building and providing heating
apparatus and equipment therefor, thir-
teen of said Committee to constitute
Quorum and the concurrence of ten to
be necessary for the decision 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 OIL otherwise to be filled by
competent persons to be selected by
the Board of County School Commiss-
toner's of Prince Georges County.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted,
That said Build ng Committee shall, as
speedily as possible, select and .pnr-
chase suitable site for such building,
and procure and adopt plans and speci-
fications for the cnnstruc N OF said
High School Building, which sha | ot-
of brick or concrete, aud the protIiii 6
of suitable heating apparatus therefor
and as soon as sad sit, shall be pur-
chased and said plans and spec 4 "a
tions determil Ell upon by sail Bul. d.
ing Committee, they shall invite sealed
propose 8 by advertisement for a re-
asonabl time, for the n 'tructi N and
completion Of said work, which pro-
posals shall b, in sea'td ei velopes, aG-
dressed in the care CT said bn;lilne
Committee If the aforementioned High
School. and sh IL be publicly opened
on the d " and at the hour named in
said advertisement. Said proposals
shall set forth the amount of money
for which the parties prop sing W IL
construct and complete the birding,
inc'ud ng h aa.ing Apparatus, according
to spec; fcations, and the time or times
at which payments III 4refor sh Ill be
made, and the said CO mmittee shall
award the contract TO the Invest re-
sponsiil. bidder, whp sh, ! within a
reasonable time thereafle :, To be deter
mined by said Blu ling Committee,
furnish to it bond to the State of
Miryland in such PENALTY as said Com
mtttee shall! determine, conditioned for
the faithful performance of the contract
entered into, the Committee, however,
resery;ng to itself at all times right to
reject any and ali bids. Said bond
shall be liable at the suit of the Board
of County School Commissioners of
Prince Georges County for violation
of it's conditions. The said Building
Committee is authorized and required
TO employ a skillful and competent
architect, under whose control and
supervision as to material and work
manship such work shall be done; pro-
yided, however, that the entire cost OF
said building complete, including said
heating apparatus, shall not exceed the
sum of twenty thousand dollars ($2O,
OO,0O.
SIC. 3. And be it further enacted,
That in case said Building Committee,
mentioned in the preceding Section,
shall, from any cause, be unable to con-
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
uuisiticn, in term or during recess. hear
"a motion to confirm such 1nqulsltlon,
or such notice to parties as he may
direct, and confirm or quash the same;
and l. he quashes tn inqulslt1on he
shall order new one forthwith to be
taken, but no lot so taken or enlarged
shall exceed, in the whole, i've acres,
including the land occupied by the
school building.
SEC. a.. And be it further enacted,
Thai the said Building Committee, upon