The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-17
Public Local Laws
Passed by the Legislature, SEES
sion 1918
Published by authority Of the County

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sion 1918
published by authority Of the County
Commissioners
CHAPTER NO. 329.
AN ACT providing for acquisition of
the present school site at nominal
cost and for the construction of a
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
| I County, Maryland; and to authorize
and require the Board of Education
| of said coantv 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 /. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
VIM. G. Brooks, John H. Traband,
Frederick Sasscer and s. 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 build
| ing for High School and consolidated
primary schools, for furnishing and
equipping the same and for the acqui
sition of suitable campus grounds
therefor at Upper Marlboro, Maryland;
| 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 hlled 6y
| majority of the remainder of said Com
mittee.
| Seq And be 1t further enacted,
| That said Building Committee shall, as
| speedily as possif lie, after January 1st
| 1919, acquire said site and campus
| grounds, and procure and subject to
| he approval of the State Board of Ed
u 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 furnishin gs.therefor. and as soon
as said site shall be so acquired ana
said plans and specifications shall be
determined upon by said Building Com
mittee and approved as aforesaid, they
shall invite sealed proposals by adver-
| tfsement 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 and furnishings,
according to spec fcations, 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
reasonable time thereafter, to be deter
mined by said Building Committee,
| furnish to it 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 contrac',
the Committee however, reserving to
itself at all times right to reject any
l III Cold bond ohall hp 1ia n, q
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 condl-
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 ce 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 1885, 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 a 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 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 inquisition 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
| grounos, or for the construction of said
school building, equipment and furnish
| lQgS, Snall lOTtuWlIu MAKE report TO Gle
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 OF
Education of Prince Georges County.
| SEC. 5. And be it further enacted,
That for the purpose of paying for said
| building site at 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
amount not exceeding the sum of