Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-06-02
An Act Authorizing The Erection
OF School Buildings.


An Act to authorize and direct the Board
of County School Commissioners of Mont
gomery county to erect an addition to the
High School Building in the town of Rock
vile. and to equip or partially equip the
same suitable for the purpose; and to sell
or exchange. upon the best terms obtain
able as said School Board may determine
and as speedily as may be, not later than
July LIST, 1915, the present old school build
ings and the grounds appurtenant thereto,
owned by said county and to add the pro-
ceeds or apply the property derived from
such sale or exchange to the amount here
in apportioned to the Kensington school /;
and if ground be not obtained by such
exchange said School Board is further
authorized to purchase suitable grounds
therefor and to erect thereon and equip a
public school building for white children
in said town of Kensington to purchase
the ground and erect thereon and equip a
public school building for white children
in the village of Chevy Chase and to di-
rect the Board of County Commissioners of
said county to pay for the same and to
borrow money for that purpose, and to
issue the bonds Of said county for the
money so borrowed and to levy a tax on
the taxable property Of said county for the
payment of said bonds and the interest
thereon as the same natures, as herein
after provided.
Section l. Be il enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland. That the Board of
County School Commissioners of Mont
gomery county be and they are hereby
authorized to erect an addition to the
High School Building in the town of Rock
vile, in Montgomery county. and to equip
or partially equip the same suitable for
the purpose of said school and to con-
struct the same of brick upon a plan to
conform INTELLECTUALLY to the present
building.
Also to sell or exchange, upon the best
terms obtainable as said School Board
may determine and as speedily as may be,
not later than July LIST. 1916, the present
old school buildings and the grounds APP
purtenant thereto in Kensington, owned
by said county and to add the proceeds or
apply the property derived from such sale
or exchange to the amount herein appor-
toned to the Kensington school; and II
ground be not obtained by such exchange
said School Board is further authorized to
purchase suitable grounds therefor and to
erect thereon with brick and equip pub
lie school building for white children in
said town Of Kensington.
Also to purchase the ground suitable
therefor and to erect thereon with brick
and equip a public school building for
white children in the village Of Chevy
Chase in said county.
All of said structures to be erected &C.
cording to plans approved by said Board
of County School Commissioners and after
approving such plans for said structures
or any Of them. said board shall advertise
for bids by responsible persons. for the
addition or erection Of said buildings OF
any of them, and let the contract or con.
tracts for them or any Of them to the lowest
responsible bidder, as said board may de-
termine, upon such bidder or bidders Civ
ing bond with surety to be approved by SAID
School Board, conditioned for the faithful
performance Of said contract or contracts
said board reserving the right to reject
any and all bids.
Said Board of County School Commits.
sioners are authorized, but not required.
to employ an architect to prepare plans
for such structures and to pay said archi-
tect out Of the moneys hereby appro-
priated, from the appropriations made for
the structures for which such plans are
adopted, in proportion to the amounts Of
such appropriations
Sec. 2. Be II further enacted, That the