Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
MARYLAND SENATE
CHANGES BOND BILL
Jones' Amendments Reduce
Courthouse Issue to
$4,000.
By stan correspondent Of rhe star.

By Stan Correspondent of The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, March so-Fol-
lowing up the action Of wiping out the
bond issue Of $175,0oo providing for the
acquisition of land west Of the court
house for an enlarged site for the pro-
posed new building, the Senate of Mary
land today passed amendments proposed
by Senator Eugene Jones of Kensing-
ton, to the bill proposing bond issue
of $150,000 to be added to the $3.50 900
provided by the last Legislature, for
the purpose Of building modern
building.
The amended bill reduces the amount
of the bond issue to $4,000 and elm
mates the section which would have
permitted the acquisition Of the square
west of the courthouse. In its place
is an amendment authorizing the pur-
chase Of triangular plot Of land west
Of the courthouse, with authority Of
the county commissioners to relocate
Court street.
Land Boundaries Given.
The amendment says that the land
to be acquired, either by purchase or
condemnation, is to be within a line
beginning at point on the north side
Of Jefferson street, Al feet west from
the northwest corner Of the intersec-
ton of jefferson and Court streets,
thence with the west side OF Court
street in a northerly direction $50 feet
to the northwest corner Of the property
of the Farmers Banking & Trust Co.,
and thence in a Southwesterly direction
in straight line to the point Of be-
ginning.
The county commissioners are limi-
ted in the amendment to the expendi-
ture of $4,000 for the acquisition Of
land and improvements on the land for
the new project, and amendment
specifically saying that no other land
shall be acquired by the county COM
nissioners and paid for out Of the
total amount authorized under the pro-
visions of this act" other than that in
the triangle described.
This amendment is designed to pre-
vent the commissioners from. under
taking the purchase of the whole square
enlarged courthouse project, and fol-
lows the scheme mapped out some
months ago by Senator Jones. 1t will
provide for squaring of Of the present
lot and remodeling the present build
ing. Another amendment restricts the
use Of the money to the construction
or reconstruction of "the present
courthouse building, located on the
present site"
Had Plans Drawn.
Senator Jones some time ago had
plans drawn by Kensington contrac-
tor designed to keep the proposed new
or remodeled courthouse on the present
site. with the addition of the triangular
section which he proposed in the bill.
Senator Jones at that time said that
he thought this was liberal provision.
The amendments will save the site of
the present bank building of the Farm
ers Banking & Trust Co. The bank
had planned to erect larger and more
modern building on this site, but sub
sequently found that its charter does
not allow it to spend more than $4,000
for building. Application for a change
IN the charter was refused by the bank
ing commissioner of Maryland. and a
Dill introduced In the Senate and passed
by that body removing the limit is in
| the House. DR.. George L. Edmonds
chairman Of the Montgomery delega-
ton IN the House, said it will not be
passed. He has the bill in his desk, and
has announced that he will not report
It, so that the bank will have to con-
tinue with its present facilities.