WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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Chapter 189.

AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners

of Carroll county to repair and to build an addi-

tion to the Court House in said county, and to

borrow money for that purpose, to issue bonds for

the payment of the same, and to levy taxes on

the assessable property in said county to redeem

said bonds and to pay the interest thereon.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That the County Commissioners

of Carroll county be and they are hereby authorized

and empowered to contract for and to superintend

Contract and

the repairing of the Court House in said county,

superintend.

and the building of an addition thereto, so as to

provide good and sufficient fire-proof room for the

safe keeping of the public records of said county,

and also to improve and enlarge said Court House

Improve and
enlarge.

in such manner as said commissioners may deem

proper; and for the purpose of paying for the said

repairs and addition to the said Court House, the

said county commissioners are hereby authorized to

borrow on the credit of said county such sum or

sums of money as may be necessary, not exceeding

in all the sum of twelve thousand dollars, and to

issue bonds or coupon bonds therefor in sums of not

Issue bonds.

less than one hundred dollars nor more than one

thousand dollars, to be signed by the president of

the board of said commissioners, and to be counter-

signed by the county treasurer of said county, and

have the corporate seal of said commissioners affixed

thereto, bearing interest not exceeding five per

cent, per annum, payable semi-annually on the

first day of April and of October in each year after

their issue and until the same are paid; provided

that said bonds shall not be disposed of by the said

commissioners at less than their par value.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That when

said bonds are issued they shall be redeemable at

How redeem-

the pleasure of the said county commissioners at or

able.

before the maturity thereof, and shall be made pay-

able at such times that not more than two thousand

dollars thereof shall mature in any one year.