The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-07-10
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and the purchase of site and for
the construction of heating appara-
tus and equipment therefor to be built
within the radius of a mile of the Balti-
more & 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 Tor
such purpose by the issuing OF Donos,
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 H. 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, L.
Howard Duckett, Edward Gasch, Louis
F. Men1kheim, William H. Venneman,
William Bull. J. August Miller, Charles
A. Fox, A. o. Etienne, Francis L.
Sbipley. 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, thlr-
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 OF otherwise to be filled by
competent persons to be selected by
the Board of County School Commlss-
toner's of Prince Georges County.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted,
That said Building Committee shall, as
speedily as possible, select and pnr-
chase a 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
inc Committee they shall invite sealed
proposals by advertisement for re-
asonable time, for the construction and
comnletion 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
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said advertisement. Said proposals
shall set forth the amount or money
for which the parties proposing VIII
construct and complete the building,
including heating apparatus, according
to specifications, and the time or Times
at which payments therefor snail De
made, and the said Committee snail
award the contract to the lowest re-
sponsible bidder, who shall within
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 Tor
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 it's conditions. The said Building
Committee is authorized and required
to employ skillful aud 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 ($20,-
00,00).
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted,
That in case said Building Committee,
mentioned in the preceding Section,
shall, fromRny cause, be unable to coh-
tract with the said owner or owners OF
any site sought for said school upon
what said Committee determines fair
valuation thereof, the said Building
Committee may apply for a writ OF al
quo damnum to the Clerk of the Cir
cult Court of Prince Georges County.
who shall forthwith issue the same, ana
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
a motion to confirm such InqulsltloD,
or such notice to parties as he may
direct, and confirm or quash the same;
and j. he quashes tn lnqulslt1on 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