The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-06-16

such other newspaper, if any, as they
may deem advisable, inviting sealed
proposals for the purchase of said
bonds, CT any part thereof, with the
privilege to said Mayor and Town
Council to reject any or all bids. The
Mayor and Town Council of Kitzmil-
lersville, aforesaid, may advertise the
said bonds for such length of time as
in their discretion is adequate notice
to the public and may offer all of said
bonds for sale at the same time or
may offer them at different intervals
in such installments or amounts as
they may deem advantageous to said
town in carrying on the work of con-
structing the river wall for which they
are issued. 1t is especially intended
that the power hereby vested in the
Mayor and Town Council shall be
continuing power until the whole five
thousand dollars (S5,000) shall have
been issued and sold.
Sec. A. And be it further enacted,
That the money arising from the sale
of said bonds shall be kept as a sepa-
rate fund by the Mayor and Town
Council of charlottesville in some
safe bank, shall be used exclusively
for the purposes of this Act and shall
be drawn out only on checks signed
by the Mayor and countersigned by
the Clerk of the Town Council, and
the said Clerk of the Town Council
shall keep in a book for the purpose
a full registry of the bonds sold, the
number of bonds and name of the
purchaser or purchasers, the amount
realized on the sale or sales and any
transfers and assignments of the
same.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted,
That the funds realized from the sale
of bonds aforesaid shall be available
and shall be used exclusively for the
completion, under the supervision of
the Mayor and Town Council of Kitz-
millersville or such engineer as they
may employ, of the river wall al
ready partly constructed along the
Potomac River above and at said town
and for the further erection of any
additional wall along said river which
said Mayor and Town Council shall
deem necessary and proper for the
protection of said town and its inhab-
itants from flood waters overlooking
the banks of said river, and said May
or and Town Council are hereby cloth
ed with all the power and authority
necessary for the erection of said wall
and are authorized to build and con-
struct the same.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted,
That, for the purpose sof retiring the
said bonds authorized to be issued by
this Act, and the payment of the in
terest thereon, there shall be levied
against all the assessable property
within the corporate limits of the said
town of charlottesville by the Mayor
and Town Council of said town annu-
outstanding and not paid, tax suf-
ficient to meet the interest or any part
of said interest on said bonds as it be-
comes due, and to pay the principal
thereof as they mature, said tax to be
determined, levied, collected and paid
over in the same manner as provided
for other taxes in said municipality.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted,
That on the first Tuesday in May,
1927, there shall be a special election
held in the town of charlottesville,
which election shall be held in the
same manner and under the same reg
ulations as other municipal elections
held in said town, for the purpose of
submitting the question as to whether
or not this Act shall take effect to all
legal voters of said town who are
qualified to vote at regular towr
election, and all ballots at said cleo
ton shall have printed on them tn,
words following, to-wit: "For Rive
Wall Bonds" and against River Wal
Bonds" and the qualified voters OF
said town desiring to vote on said
question at said election shall indicate
their choice of said propositions by
making a cross-mark opposite the
proposition for which they desire to
register their vote, and if a majority
of the votes so cast are marked "For
River Wall Bonds" then this Act shall
be in full force and effect, otherwise
shall be null and void and of no effect.
The judges of election shall, under
their hands and seals, Immediately
after said election certify to the May
or and Town Council of Kitzmillers-
vile the result of said election.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted,
That this Act is hereby declared to be
an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the
public health and safety, and having
been passed by a yea and nay vote,
supported by three-fifths of all the
members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the
same shall take effect from the date of
its passage.
Approved April 1, 1927.