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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

tor thereof, subject to their order, to the holder or

holders of said bonds.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That Hon Ephraim K.

Wilson, George W. Purnell, George T. Brattan,

Irving T. Matthews, Christopher C. Lloyd and

Daniel C Hudson, be and they are hereby appointed

Building

a building committee, who shall act without com-

committee.

pensation, and who, or the majority of whom, shall

contract for, and superintend such repairs and im-

provements of said court house as they shall deem

necessary or expedient, not to exceed in cost the.

maximum amount which the said county commis-

sioners are hereby directed to borrow, which im-

provements shall in part consist of an addition to

the rear of the present court-room, and of a second

story over the whole of the old court-room so ex-

tended, so as to give room for a new court-room in

said second story, and of fire-proof vaults adjoining

the present clerk's and register's office for the safe

Safe keeping
of records.

keeping of the records of said offices, and of slate

root's over the whole court house; and the said build-

ing committee shall have power, by their check or

the check of the majority of them, to draw the

money so deposited in the bank to their credit out

of bank as the same may be needed, and to apply

the same to the payment for materials or work in

the making of such repairs and additions to said

court house; also to sell all old materials not needed

in making such improvements, and to apply the

proceeds in the prosecution of the work committed

to their charge

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That if the persons

hereby appointed upon said building committee, or

any one or more of them, should decline to serve, or

Vacancy

for any cause any vacancy or vacancies should occur

how filed.

in said committee, the said county commissioners

shall have power, by order entered upon their min-

utes, to appoint a new committee, or to supply any

vacancies therein, and such new committee shall

have all the power vested in the committee as herein

constituted.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall

Effective.

take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 3, 1882.