The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-11-13
Public Local Laws
published by authority
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misSiOnerS of said county IN Inelr
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 lew taxes on the assessable
property of said county to redeem
said bonds.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland. that Joseph
Fl. Blandford, Jr', A. I. Robinson,
Charles 5. Early, John A. Coe, NJ. D.,
William w. Early, Henry St. j. l..
Briscoe, Harry E. Lusby, R. Hugh
Perrie, O. B. ZaDtzinger, 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 a concurrence of four of
them shall be necessary for the decision
of all questions that may arise IN the
discharge of their duties, and all vacan-
cies occurring 10 said building com
mittee, whether from death, reslgna-
ton, refusal to act, or otherwise, snail
be 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 decid ed that bonds shall be Is
sued. as speedily as possi5le; select and
purchase a suitable site for such build
ing. and procure and adopt plans ana
specifications for the construction OF
said school building, and the providing
a suitable heating apprntus ana equip
meut 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 tor
reasonable time, for the constructlon
and completion of said work, which
nronosals 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 prop osing will construct ana
comple etc the building, including heat
jug apparatus, according to speclhca-
tions. and the time or times at which
navments therefor shall be made; and
the said committee shall award the con-
tract to thes lowest responsible bidder
who shall, within 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 oil
the contract entered into, the COM
mittee. however, rtserving to itself at
all times the right 10 reject any and all
bids. Said bond shall be liable at the
suit of the Board of County Commits
sioners of Prince Georges C; unity for
violation of its conditions. The sale
building committee is authorized ano
REQUIRED to employ skIlliul and com
| netent architect, under whose contro
and supervision as to material anc
| workmanship such work shall be done
| and said building committee shall also
invite sealed proposals for the equip
ment of said building, and shalt aware
| 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 sale
| equipment: provided however. that the
entire cost of SAID site and building
complete, including said heating appara
| Jus and equipment, shall not exceed
| the sum of seven thousand five hundred
| dollars
| SECTION 8 Be it further enacted
that in case said building committed
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 ;hool upon wha
said committee determines fair valu
| alton thereof, the said bui ding com
4 ,,,o1xr f~r rift If q
| dan mum 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 ioqusition describing the land anc
| stating the amount of damages to be
| paid the owner; and the judge OF tht
| circuit court for the county may at any
/ time after the return of the inquisitior
| in term during recess hear motion tG
| confirm such inquisition, on motion tt
| parties as he may direct, and confirm
or quash the same; and If he quashes
| the inquistion he shall order d new
/ one forthwith to be taken, but no lot sc
| taken or enlarged shall exceed In the
whole five acres, Including the lane
| occupied by the school building.
| SEC. 4. And be IL 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. S And be it enacted, that fol-
the purpose of paying for aaid buildin g
| site, and for the construction of said
| school building and the furnishing OF
| the heating and equipment therefor,
| the school commissioners of Prince
| George s-eounty 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 10
| 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 cou-
pom bonds therefor in sums Of not less
| Inan one hundred dollars nor more
than one thousand dollars, to be signed
| by the president of said 'ard of school
commissioners and countersjg ned by
| the school examiner of Prince Georges
county in 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 shall be
paid, and said bonds shall be forever
exempt from all municipal and county
taxation for any purpose, and shall
have printed on them Preference to
this Act as authorizing the issue Thereof. y
SEC 6 And be 1t enacted, that the
school commissioners or Prince
Georges county are hereby authoriz ID
and directed in case it be decided to
issue said bonds to retain each and
every year from the sum of money paid
to them by the county commissioners
of Prince Georges county, sufficient
amount of money to meet the interest
and to create sinking fund to pay the
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