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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1872
Volume 190, Page 2332   View pdf image (33K)
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1872.] OF THE SENATE. 725
to the lowest responsible bidder; and the said County Com-
missioners are hereby authorized to sell and dispose of such
material of the Court House destroyed by fire, as may not be
required or used in erecting the building aforesaid,, and the
proceeds arising therefrom, shall be a part of the Court House
fund and appropriated to the building of the said Court
Hosse."
Sec. 5. At the end of line 4, to the beginning of line 5, of
section 5, strike out the words "from the Banks."
Section 1. After the words "Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland," strike out the balance of said section, and insert the following:
"That the County Commissioners of Washington county
be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to contract for, and superintend the building of a Court House,
with all the necessary offices upon the site and grounds in
the town of Hagerstown, in Washington county, whereon the
Court House recently destroyed by fire stood, and furnishing
the said Court House and offices when so constructed with
all the necessary cases and furniture for the accommodation
of the Courts to be held in said building for said county,
members of the bar and public officers, and with such other
things as their convenience may require; and for the purpose
of paying for said Court House, the said County Commission-
ers are hereby authorized to borrow money on the credit of
the county, and if necessary, to issue coupon bonds therefor
in sums not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than
five thousand dollars, to be signed by the President of the
Board of County Commissioners, bearing interest, payable
semi-annually, on the first day of April and October respec-
tively; said bonds to be sold by the said Chanty Commission-
ers, and the proceeds applied to the payment of the expenses
incurred in building a Court House, not exceeding seventy-
five thousand dollars."
In the title of the bill at the beginning of line 3, strike
out the word "new."
Which were severally adopted, and said bill read the
second time.
On motion by Mr. Claggett,
The rules were suspended, so as to give a third reading to
said bill this day, as follows :
AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs. President, Henry,
Blake, Longwell,
Compton, Miller,

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