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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Chapter 315.

AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners of

. Caroline county to borrow money on the credit of

the county for the purpose of remodeling and im-

proving the old Court-House in said county, and

constructing the necessary fire-proof vaults for the

preservation of the records and court papers of the

circuit and orphans' court and county commission-

ers of said county, to issue bonds for the payment

of the same, and to levy taxes on the assessable

property of said county to redeem such bonds and

to pay the interest thereon.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That the county commissioners of

Caroline county be and they are hereby authorized

Improve and

and empowered to contract for, and superintend the

enlarge court
house.

improving and enlarging of the old court-house in the

town of Denton, in Caroline county, and constructing

the necessary fire-proof vaults for the preservation of

the records and court papers of the circuit court and

orphans' court and county commissioners of said county

in the same, and for the purpose of paying for the

building a new court-house or remodeling, improving

and enlarging old court-house, and constructing the

necessary fire-proof vaults therein, the said county

commissioners are hereby authorized to borrow on the

credit of said county, and if necessary to issue coupon

bonds therefor, in sums not less than one hundred

dollars, nor more than one thousand to be signed by

the president of the board of said county commission-

ers, and countersigned by the clerk of said county

commissioners bearing interest at the rate of six per

centum per annum, payable semi-annually on the first

days of July and January respectively; said bonds to

Bonds— how

be sold by the said county commissioners for not less

sold and apply
proceeds.

than the par value thereof; and the proceeds to be

applied to the payment of the expenses incurred in

building a new court-house or remodeling, improving

and enlarging said old court-house and constructing

fire-proof vaults therein, not exceeding five thousand

dollars.