FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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upon the purchase of any of such bonds or the redemption

of the same at maturity by the county commissioners, they

shall be immediately cancelled by stamping across their face

"Cancelled by the Sinking Fund," and no portion of said

sinking fund so levied for shall ever be diverted to any other

purpose than to the purchase and liquidation of said bonds.

And should the said county commissioners or an other per-

son having charge of said sinking fund suffer or permit the

same or any part thereof be diverted from or applied to any

other purpose than the investment thereof for the purchase

of said bonds and the purchase and redemption of the same

then the person or party so offending shall be deemed guilty

of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be subject

to a fine of not less than the amount so misapplied or

diverted.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That from the money collected

each year on account of taxes by the treasurer ; the said sum

of one thousand dollars shall be set apart for said sinking

Account

fund and a separate account of the same be kept by the

be kept by
treasurer.

treasurer and deposited to the credit of said fund, and no

part of which shall be chargeable with insolvencies allowed

the treasurer on account of failure of assessment or col-

lections.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the money arising from

sales of said bonds as provided in section six of this act shall

Bonds

be paid to the treasurer of said county, who shall keep in a

sold.

book for the purpose, a full registry of the bonds sold, the

different series, the numbers of the bonds and the names of

the purchasers and amounts realized on sales and any trans-

fers or assignment of the same.

SEC. 11 . And be it enacted, That the fund realized from

the sale of said bonds shall be applied to the purposes set

forth in this act and shall be paid by the treasurer upon

Paid
by the

the order of the county commissioners as other county

treasurer.

funds are paid out, and the said county commissioners are

hereby authorized and directed to pay to the contractor or

contractors employed by the said building committee in

accordance with the terms of their said contract upon the

warrant of said building committee, such sum or sums of

money as shall be certified in such warrants that such con-

tractor or contractors are entitled to in the performance of

the contract and shall pay upon the warrant of said build-

ing committee the cost of plans and specifications of the

work proposed to be done ; the salary of the supervising

architect and such other expenses that said building com-

mittee may properly have incurred in the discharge of their