| CHARLES RIDGELY, OF HAMPTON, ESQ. GOVERNOR.
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the
duty of the levy
court to take bond from said collector, with sufficient security, in
the name of the state of Maryland, for the collection and payment
to the commissioners aforesaid, or to their assignees, of the said
sum of money, at the time at which the public levy of Washington
county is by law directed to be collected and paid, and that the
collector shall be allowed the same as is allowed by law for collecting
the county levy; and in case the said bond shall be forfeited,
it shall and may be lawful for the levy court of said county, and
they are hereby directed and required, to order suit or suits to be
instituted against the said collector, and his securities, or either of
them, for the purpose of enforcing the said collection agreeably to
the provisions of this act. |
1817.
CHAP. 62.
Collector to give
bond. |
6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners,
or a majority
of them, shall be, and they are hereby empowered to borrow,
from time to time, such sum or sums of money as they may conceive
necessary, at an interest not exceeding six per centum per annum
which said loan or loans shall be appropriated and applied by them
to
the purchase of the site, and to the erecting of the said gaol; and to
ensure the repayment of the said sum or sums of money, with the interest
thereon, the said commissioners, or a majority of them,
shall be and they are hereby authorised, to assign and transfer to
the lender or lenders thereof, any part or parts of the before mentioned
assessments, to be annually collected as aforesaid, which lender
or lenders shall in such case have all the rights and privileges
in enforcing the payment to them of the said assessments that the
commissioners would have had if such transfer had not been made. |
Commissioners authorised
to borrow
money. |
7. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners
aforesaid shall
annually render to the levy court of Washington county a particular
account of the receipts and expenditures of all monies entrusted to
them, and also the progress and state of the building until finally
completed. |
Accounts to be
rendered to levy
court. |
8. AND BE IT ENACTED, That when the said gaol
shall be completed
and finished, the said commissioners shall, after giving two
months notice, sell the old gaol, and the ground on which it stands,
to the highest bidder, and execute a deed for the same, and apply
the proceeds to the discharge of the debts contracted for the building
the
new gaol, and the surplus if any to be paid over to the levy court
for the use of the county. |
Old gaol to be sold. |
9. AND BE IT ENACTED, That before the commissioners
proceed
to direct the erection of the gaol aforesaid, the site selected, and the
plan proposed, shall be approved of by a majority of the judges of
Washington county court; and in case any of the said commissioners
refuse to act, die, or resign, or remove out of the county, or be
incapable to act, the judges aforesaid shall fill up such vacancy. |
Judges to approve
of site before
building is erected. |
10. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners
aforesaid shall
meet at the court in Hager's-Town on the first Monday in
April next, and may proceed to the discharge of the several duties
provided by this act, and may adjourn from time to time as may
be convenient and necessary, and each commission shall be entitled
to receive two dollars for each day in which he may be engaged
in the discharge of the duty imposed upon them by this act. |
Meetings of commissioners. |
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