WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That said buildings

shall be completed on or before the first day of

November, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, un-

less said committee should otherwise determine, and

When to be
completed.

when so completed and accepted by the building

committee, the public records, archives, offices and

courts tor the county shall be removed to La Plata,

and occupy the respective quarters allotted to them ;

provided that until said buildings are completed

and ready for occupancy, it shall be the duty of the

Provide ac-

county commissioners to provide proper accommo-

commodations

dations for the holding of the courts and the trans-

action of the public business either in Port Tobacco

or in La Plata.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, For the purpose of

raising the funds necessary for the building of the

said court-house and jail, furnishing the same, pur-

chasing a site or sites therefor, if necessary, and en-

closing the same, the County Commissioners for

Charles county are hereby authorized to issue

Issue bonds.

coupon bonds of said county, to be denominated

"Court-house bonds," not to exceed in the aggre-

gate the sum of twenty thousand dollars, and in

sums of not less than one hundred dollars, from

time to time, as the same may be required, the

said bonds to be signed by the said county com-

missioners, countersigned and registered by their

Bonds to bear

clerk, to bear interest at the rate of not more than

interest.

five per cent, per annum, said interest to be payable

semi annually on the first days of January and July

respectively, and not to be sold for less than the par

value thereof, the principal of said bonds to be pay-

able in thirty years, with the right to the county

commissioners to redeem them in whole or in part

at any time after fifteen years, the said bonds also

to be exempt from all taxes, and the coupons thereon,

when due, to be receivable by the collectors in pay-

ment of taxes; and the county commissioners shall

levy on all property subject to taxation such sum or

Levy on prop-

sums of money as shall, in their discretion, be neces-

erty.

sary for the prompt payment of the interest of said
bonds and the principal thereof when the same may

become due, or they may determine to pay the same.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the said building

committee shall, from time to time, notify the county

Notify com-
missioners.

commissioners what sums of money shall be needed,