1839.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 98.

To contract for

building, &c.

Provisoes.

district, to contract, agree for and purchase the land ne-
cessary for the erection thereon of said buildings; and al-
so to contract, agree and pay for, and superintend the
erection and construction of said buildings; provided
nevertheless, that the whole cost of said land and build-
ings shall not exceed the sum of twenty thousand dollars;
and provided also, that the said commissioners shall not
for the purposes of this act levy more than four thousand
dollars for any one year; and the said court house, clerk's
office, register's office, jail and poor's house, when erect-
ed, finished and completed, shall be used, taken, held
and deemed to be the proper court house, clerk's office,
register's office, jail and poor's house of Howard district;
and provided also, that the said commissioners if they
deem it best for the interest of said district, may, instead
of purchasing sites as aforesaid and erecting buildings
thereon, purchase a house or houses and place the same
in proper order and repair, but the limits above provided
for, for the entire cost of such sites awl buildings, and
the annual levy shall in no case be exceeded.

May borrow
money.

Proviso.

SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That the commissioners of
Howard district are hereby authorised to borrow the mo-
ney mentioned in the preceding section of this bill, and
upon such terms as they may think best; provided, that
not more than lour thousand dollars shall be due and
payable during any one year.

Levy authoris-

ed to purchase
sites, &c.

SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That the commissioners
of said district are hereby authorised, directed and requi-
red to assess and levy, if they shall think it expedient, on
the properly of the district, at the time of levying their
public levies, in each and in every year for live years annu-
ally, if so much money shall be required, until they shall
have levied in the whole the sum of twenty thousand dol-
lars, and the whole of which, if in their opinion deemed
necessary, may be then applied to the purchase of said
sites or buildings, or to the rent, as the case may be, or to
the purchase of said sites and erection and establishment
of the aforesaid public buildings; and the first levy shall
be made at such time as the said commissioners may ap-
point or direct, and so on for each consecutive year, until
the whole twenty thousand dollars shall be levied, togeth-

Collectors com-
mission.

How collected.

er with the collectors commission for collecting the same,
which commission shall be such as shall be allowed him
for collecting the district taxes, and which said assessment
so as aforesaid to be made and levied, shall be collected by
the collector of the district for the time being, in the same