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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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Chapter 315.
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AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners of
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. Caroline county to borrow money on the credit of
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the county for the purpose of remodeling and im-
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proving the old Court-House in said county, and
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constructing the necessary fire-proof vaults for the
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preservation of the records and court papers of the
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circuit and orphans' court and county commission-
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ers of said county, to issue bonds for the payment
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of the same, and to levy taxes on the assessable
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property of said county to redeem such bonds and
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to pay the interest thereon.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
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of Maryland, That the county commissioners of
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Caroline county be and they are hereby authorized
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Improve and
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and empowered to contract for, and superintend the
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enlarge court
house.
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improving and enlarging of the old court-house in the
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town of Denton, in Caroline county, and constructing
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the necessary fire-proof vaults for the preservation of
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the records and court papers of the circuit court and
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orphans' court and county commissioners of said county
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in the same, and for the purpose of paying for the
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building a new court-house or remodeling, improving
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and enlarging old court-house, and constructing the
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necessary fire-proof vaults therein, the said county
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commissioners are hereby authorized to borrow on the
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credit of said county, and if necessary to issue coupon
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bonds therefor, in sums not less than one hundred
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dollars, nor more than one thousand to be signed by
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the president of the board of said county commission-
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ers, and countersigned by the clerk of said county
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commissioners bearing interest at the rate of six per
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centum per annum, payable semi-annually on the first
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days of July and January respectively; said bonds to
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Bonds? how
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be sold by the said county commissioners for not less
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sold and apply
proceeds.
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than the par value thereof; and the proceeds to be
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applied to the payment of the expenses incurred in
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building a new court-house or remodeling, improving
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and enlarging said old court-house and constructing
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fire-proof vaults therein, not exceeding five thousand
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dollars.
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