The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-24
Public Local Laws
Passed by the Legislature, SEES
sion 1918

published by authority of the County
Commissioners)
CHAPTER NO. 1872.
AN ACT providing for acquisition of
the present school site at nominal
cost and for the construction OF
building for the use of the Upper
Marlboro High School and consoli-
dated primary schools; and for the
equipment and furnishing of the same,
and for the acquisition of suitable
campus grounds for the same at
Upper Marlbory, Prince Georges
S County, Maryland; and to authorize
and require the Board of Education
of said county to borrow money for
such purpose by the issuing OF bonds,
to be endorsed by the County Com
missioners of Prince Georges County,
and to authorize and require the
County Commissioners to levy taxes
on the assessable property in said
County to redeem said bonds, and to
regulate the use of said building.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
VIM. G. Brooks, John H. Traband.
Frederick Sasscer and ). Gardiner
Coale and VIM. H. Talbot and Joseph
V. Wyvill and Owen P. Mullikin and
Reverdy Sasscer and Charles A. Duvall
and Robert l.. Wells, the Board OF
Education of Prince Georges County,
Maryland, and the County Superintend.
ent of Schools of said county, be, and
they are hereby appointed building
committee-to serve without pay, for the
purpose Of acquiring the present site at
nominal cost and constructing a build
ing for High School and consolidated
primery schools, for furnishing and
equipping the same and for the acqui
sition of suitable campus grounds
therefor at Upper Marlboro, Marylsnd;
that seven of said committee to consti-
tute quorum and the concurrence of
seven to be necessary for the decision
of all questions which may arise in the
performance of their duties, and all
vacancies in said Building Committee,
whether from death, refusal to act. res
ignation or otherwise to be filled by q
majority of the remainder of said Com
mittee.
SEC 2 And be 1t further enacted,
That said Building Committee shall, as
speedily as possit lie, after January 1st
1919, acquire said site and campus
grounds, and procure and subject to
he approval of the State Board of Ed
cation adopt plans and specifications
for the construction of said building.
which shall be of brick or concrete, and
the providing of suitable equipment
and furnishings therefor, and as soon
as said site shall be so acquired and
said plans and specifications shall be
determined upon by said Building Com
mittee and approved as aforesaid, they
shall invite sealed proposals by adver-
tisement for a reasonable time for the
construction and. completion of said
work, which proposals shall be IN seal
ed envelopes, addressed to the care Of
said Building Committee of the afore-
mentioned school, and shall be publicly
opened on the day and at the hour
named in said advertisement. Said pro-
posals shall set forth the amount of
money for which the parties proposing
will construct and complete the building,
including equipment ana furnishings,
according to spec fications, and the time
or times and which payments therefor
shall be made, and the said committee
shall award the contract to the lowest
responsible bidder, who shall within s.
reasonable time thereafter, to be deter
mined by said Building Committee,
furnish to it a bond to the State Ct
Maryland in such penalty as said Com
mittee shall determine, conditioned for
the faithful performance of the contract
entered into and to secure the payment
for all material and of all labor pur-
chased or employed under said contract,
the Committee however. reserving tt
itself at all times right to reject any
and all bids. Said bond shall be Liable
at the suit of the Board of Education of
Prince Georges County and also in the
name of said Board to the use Of
materialmen and laborers entrusted
therein for the violation of its condI-
tions. The said Building Committee is
authorized and required to employ q
skillful and competent architect, under
whose control and supervision as to
material and workmanship such work
shall &c done; provided, however, that
the entire cost of said building complete
including equipment, furnishings and
campus grounds shall not exceed the
sum of Thirty five Thousand 1856, 000)
Dollars
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted,
That in case said Building Committee
mentioned in the preceding section, shall
from. any cause, be unable to contract
with the said owner or owners of any
site sought for said campus grounds
upon what said Committee may apply
for writ of ad quod damnum to the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Prince
Georges County, who shall forthwith
issue the same, and the sheriff shall exc
cute the said writ and return inquis
ton describing the land and stating
the amount of damages to be paid the
owner; and the Judge for the Circuit
Court for said County may at any time
after the return Of the inquisition, in
term or during recess, hear a motion to
confirm such inquisition, or such notice
to the parties as he may direct, and
confirm or quash the same; and if he
quashes the inQuisitinn he shall order
a new one forthwith to be taken, but
no lot so taken or enlarged shall exceed
in the whole eight acres including the
land occupied by the school building
and said campus grounds.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted,
That the said Building Committee, upon
entering into any contract, whether for
the acquisition of said building site to
be acquired as aforesaid and campus
grounGs, or for the construction of said
school building, equipment and furnish
ings, shall forthwith make report to the
Board of Education of Prince Georges
County, fully setting forth the terms
and character of said contracts, and the
debts incurred thereby, which report
shall be entered upon the records of the
said Board of Education, and the title
to said site and campus grounds shall
be taken in the name of the Board or
Education of Prince Georges County.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted,
That for the purpose of paying for said
building site at a nominal cost as afore-
said and compus grounds and for the
construction of said school building,
equipment and furnishing the Board of
Education of Prince Georges County
are hereby authorized and directed, as
speedily as possible after October 1st,
1918, to borrow on the endorsement of
the County Commissioners of Prince
Georges County, who are hereby d.
rected to endorse such bonds on the
faith and credit of said County, to an