Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-02-18
Local Bills Pending In The Legis-
lature.
The MuNoAsrER MILL RoAp.

Assembly OF Maryland, That the Commits
sioners for MONTGOMERY county, be and
they are hereby authorized and directed
to issue bonds in an amount not to exceed
$4,000, for the purpose of building, i'm
proving and relocating the public road from
Norbeck. in said Montgomery county. by
way of Redland, in said county, to the i'm
proved road at Griffith's gate. said road
being partly in the First. Ninth. Eighth
and Fourth Election Districts of said coun-
ty /; and to levy and collect taxes in the
First, Ninth, Eighth and Fourth Election
Districts for the payment of said bonds
and the coupons thereon as hereinafter
stated.
Section 2. And be it further enacted,
That the Commissioners for Montgomery
county, be and they are hereby directed
to borrow on the credit of said county
sum not to exceed $4,000. for the pur-
pose of building, improving and relocating
the public road from Norbeck, by way of
Redland, to the improved road at Griffith's
gate, as herein provided, and the said
Commissioners shall issue coupon bonds,
under the corporate seal of said Commits
sioners, for the amount borrowed under
the provisions of this Act, the said bonds
to be signed by the President of the said
Board of Commissioners for Montgomery
county and countersigned by the Clerk
thereof, in sums not less than 500 nor
more than $500; the said bonds to bear
interest from the date of the issue thereof
at a rate of not more than per centum
per annum. payable semi-annually, and
said interest to the maturity of each of said
bonds shall be provided for and set forth
in the coupons attached to each of said
bonds respectively, for the interest due
and payable thereon, and which said bonds
shall have printed on them a distinct ref
erence to this Act authorizing the issue.
Section 8. And be it further enacted,
That all the bonds issued under the pro-
visions of this Act shall be redeemable as
follows, that is to say, not less than $1,000
thereof in one year from the date of this
issue, and thereafter annually not less
than $1,000 each and every year until the
whole amount of said bonds and coupons
shall have been paid and to this end the
said Commissioners shall issue the said
bonds in series. redeemable in their proper
order, and the said bonds shall be sold,
after due advertisement at public sale,
in the discretion of said Commissioners for
Montgomery county, and none of said
bonds shall be sold for less than par.
Section 4. And be it further enacted,
That the said Commissioners for Mont
gomery county shall cause to be levied
upon and collected from the taxable prop
erty Of the First, Ninth. Eighth and Fourth
Election Districts of said county, an ad-
ditional tax annually, sufficient to pay the
said bonds and interest as the said bonds
and interest or coupons may severally ma
ture. said levy and collection of taxes
shall be made on the several Election Dis
tricts mentioned above in the following
proportions, viz, six per centum of said
levy on the First Election District. six per
centum on the Ninth Election District
fifty-eight per centum on the Eighth
Election District. and thirty per centum on
the Fourth Election District, and the said
tax shall be collected as other taxes levied
in said county are collected, and when
collected shall be applied. as hereinbefore
provided, to the payment of the said bonds
as they severally mature and the interest
thereon semi-annually, which said bonds
and coupons when issued shall be nom
convertible for any cause whatsoever, and
the said bonds and coupons. so issued
when redeemed, whether before or at ma
turity, shall be Cancelled. and II shall be
the duty of the Commissioners for Mont
gomery county to Immediately cancel the
same.
Section 5. And be it further enacted,
That the said County Commissioners for
Montgomery county be and they are here
by authorized, empowered and directed to
apply the proceeds of the bond issue here
in authorized to the payment for the build
ing. improving and relocating Of the public
road leading from Norbeck. in Montgomery
county, by way of Redand, to the i'm
proved road at Grifith's gate, all building
and improving and relocating. authorized
under this Act, to consist of the grading
of said road, the placing of bridges and
culverts and the construction thereon of a
macadam or other durable road. accord
ing to plans and specifications prepared by
the Road Superintendent Of Montgomery
county.