The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1922-03-03

After most careful consideration of
the conditions and needs in the county,
the Board of County Commissioners
and Board OF Education, after a num-
| ber OF conferences, unanimously
agreed upon the form OF a bill to be
presented for passage by the present
! Legislature, and the bill agreed upon
was introduced in the Senate by Mr..
Snader.
The following is an outline Of the
provisions OF the bill. Both boards in
yite friendly criticism i'll the interest
of the county and the taxpayers, in or
der that. if there are any changes that
can be suggested for the improvement
OF the bill, such changes may be made
at any reading thereof in Senate or
House of Delegates.
The preamble to the bill, clearly
sets forth the need.
! WHEREAS, in order to meet the
conditions arising out of the increas-
ed attendance in and rapidly growing
needs OF the public schools Of Carroll
! County. there is imperative and i'm
mediate necessity for the erection and
equipment of a number of new pub
lie school buildings, to enable the
Board OF Education of said county to
properly provide for the education OF
all the children OF the county; ana
whereas the increased traffic and
passing of heavy trucks over the
county roads in said county have ren
dered many of such roads most defec-
tive and at times practically impasS-
able. IL condition which can be rene
died only by the replacing of dirt
roads" by more perfectly constructed
stone-surfaced roads;
And WHEREAS, to raise the money
for the erection and equipment OF said
new public school buildings and for
the replacement of dirt roads with
hard-surfaced stone roads, it VIII be
necessary for the county Commission
ers of said county to levy so large I
tax upon the assessable property in
the county within the next few years
as would be an intolerable burden up
on the taxpayers of the county, or TO
borrow money, upon the 1alth anu
credit of the county, and to issue
bonds to secure the payment thereof
through a long series of years;
And WHEREAS, it is believed that
for such permanent improvements II
will be more equitable and just for
the taxpayers OF the future, who Wi,
enjoy the benefit thereof, to partlclp-
ate in the payment therefore, than 10
require the present asseSSable prop
ertv of the county to bear the Whole
burden of the cost of such permanent
improvements. now. therefore
/ Section BE 1T ENACTED BY
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
/ MARYLAND. That the Board Of Coun
| ty commissioners of Carroll County
/ in order to provide the funds neceS-
sarv for the erection authorizes the
/ issuing of coupon bonds to the amount
1 of not exceeding 500, 100000, in the
denomination of 100000. to bear in
terest at a rate not exceeding per
lcentum: interest payable semi-annual
/ Iv. the loan and interest to be exempt
/ from all taxes.
Section 2-NameS the maximum
sums of money to be expended fof the
erection and equipping OF new pubic
school buildings, as follows:- not eE-
Icecding for the respective bu'ld'nSS
named. for Taneytown, SlO,0oO.Oo; lot
/ Woolerv's district, $2o.OOOOo; ior
Freedom district. $40.0O0.OO; Pleasant
Gan. SO 1000 90: Manchester. $2O,ooo.Oo'
Iineboro, $7.50O.00; Roller, Sl,3Oooo;
Westminster. $780, 100000; Middlebur2
district. SIS 10000: New Windsor, $l1.-
/ O0O 90. Union Bridge, $40.00O.OO; Mt
| Airv S15 600 90: the whole amount Hof
to exceed $3.50. 10000. and for the pur-
nosn of constructing and permanent y
| imnroving public county roads III the
J exceeding,
! Tanevtown district. $25.00O.OO; for
Trniontown district. 100000; for My
org district S15 100000; Woolery's, go.
600 90: Freedom, $25,0OO.OO; Manches-
ter. S1500000; Westminster, $zU'-
OOO.0 Hampstead. S15.CO0.oo: franh-
lin. S45. .OOO.O AIiddleburg. $25,OOO-Oo; y;
New Windsor. $40 100000; t'nlon brIu4e
500. 900 90: Mt. Airy, $3O.OOO.Oo; Bef-
rett, $35.00000, the whole amount not
to exceed $350.000.00.
Section 3 provides that the hondS
shall be issued in series, and all that
NAV he issued shall be issued ana sofa
within five years after July ISL, l9zZ !.
and that all bonds remaining unSold
on July 1st 1927 shall be cancelled and
not offered for sale.
Section provides that series OF
said bonds to the amount OF $35.DCo-uV
shall mature and become payable IN
the 1st day of July, 1927; and a series
of said bonds to the amount OF S3o,-
600 90 shall mature and become pay
able on the 1st day of July in each and
every year after said first day of July
1927. until all of said bonds have 5a@
redeemed. so that the last of sail
} bonds shall fall due and become pay
able on the 1st day of July. 19+7.
Section 6 provides that the Board
= of Education shall from time to time
within five years determine the order
of succession in which the buildings
, designated in section , shall he erect
ed
Sect on 7 provides that when the