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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

sued by the County Commissioners of said county for the

purpose of building and furnishing a new court house and

jail at the county seat, Oakland, in said county.

Voters to de-
termine the

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the question of whether or not the County Commis-

issue of
bonds.

sioners of Garrett County shall issue bonds to an amount not

less than seventy-five thousand nor exceeding one hundred

thousand dollars for the purpose of purchasing lots and fur-

nishing and erecting and building a court house and a new

jail and furnishing the same at Oakland, the county seat of said

county, not to exceed the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars

shall be submitted to the registered, qualified voters at the

Congressional election to be held on the first Tuesday after

the first Monday of November in the year 1904, the said ticket

to be voted to be printed on the Congressional ballot to be used

at said election ; the ballot to be used in said election shall have

printed on them "For the issue of b'oncls," or ''Against the issue

of bonds," and shall be counted and returned as other election

returns are counted and made.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That if it shall be found by the

Issuing of
said bonds.

returns of said judges of election that a majority of the votes

cast in said county are for the issue of said bonds, then it shall

be the duty of the County Commissioners of Garrett County

within nine months after said election to issue said bonds to

an amount not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five thou-

sand dollars in sums not less than one hundred nor more than

one thousand dollars each, and shall bear interest not to ex-

ceed five per centum per annum, and within nine months after

said election, if it shall be decided by the ballots cast at said elec-

tion. If it be decided by ballots cast that said bonds shall

be issued, the said County Commissioners shall issue bonds,

which bonds shall be signed by the president of the Board of

County Commissioners and to be countersigned by the clerk of

said Board, and the said bonds shall be made payable in the fol-

lowing manner, that is to say : Five thousand dollars each and

every year, beginning with the year 1907, and they shall have

coupons attached or the semi-annual interest, payable respect-

ively on the first day of February and the first day of August

in each year, the said bonds shall be dated as of the first day

Forever ex-
empt from

of August, 1905, and shall be forever exempt from all taxa-

taxation.

tion for any purpose, and shall have printed on them a refer-

ence to the Act authorizing the issue thereof.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That said bonds shall be issued to

mature at such date as shall not exceed the payment thereof