WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That said buildings
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shall be completed on or before the first day of
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November, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, un-
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less said committee should otherwise determine, and
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When to be
completed.
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when so completed and accepted by the building
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committee, the public records, archives, offices and
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courts tor the county shall be removed to La Plata,
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and occupy the respective quarters allotted to them ;
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provided that until said buildings are completed
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and ready for occupancy, it shall be the duty of the
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Provide ac-
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county commissioners to provide proper accommo-
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commodations
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dations for the holding of the courts and the trans-
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action of the public business either in Port Tobacco
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or in La Plata.
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SEC. 7. And be it enacted, For the purpose of
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raising the funds necessary for the building of the
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said court-house and jail, furnishing the same, pur-
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chasing a site or sites therefor, if necessary, and en-
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closing the same, the County Commissioners for
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Charles county are hereby authorized to issue
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Issue bonds.
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coupon bonds of said county, to be denominated
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"Court-house bonds," not to exceed in the aggre-
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gate the sum of twenty thousand dollars, and in
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sums of not less than one hundred dollars, from
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time to time, as the same may be required, the
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said bonds to be signed by the said county com-
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missioners, countersigned and registered by their
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Bonds to bear
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clerk, to bear interest at the rate of not more than
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interest.
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five per cent, per annum, said interest to be payable
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semi annually on the first days of January and July
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respectively, and not to be sold for less than the par
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value thereof, the principal of said bonds to be pay-
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able in thirty years, with the right to the county
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commissioners to redeem them in whole or in part
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at any time after fifteen years, the said bonds also
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to be exempt from all taxes, and the coupons thereon,
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when due, to be receivable by the collectors in pay-
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ment of taxes; and the county commissioners shall
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levy on all property subject to taxation such sum or
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Levy on prop-
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sums of money as shall, in their discretion, be neces-
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erty.
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sary for the prompt payment of the interest of said
bonds and the principal thereof when the same may
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become due, or they may determine to pay the same.
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SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the said building
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committee shall, from time to time, notify the county
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Notify com-
missioners.
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commissioners what sums of money shall be needed,
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