The new courthouse appears to have given satisfactory service until the end of the century
when the dilapidation of the building and the crowding due to the inevitable increase in busi-
ness stimulated a move for a new building. An act authorizing the enlarging of the courthouse
was passed at the 1904 session of the General Assembly.¹⁸ This act provided a maximum of
$25,000 for this purpose, apparently leaving the choice of enlargment or building anew to the
discretion of the special commissioners appointed to oversee the work of the County. The
choice was for enlargement.

¹⁸ Ch. 4.

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