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J ELMER JOHNSTON JAMES W WALKER, W H.ECKER, COMMISSIONERS
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NOW TH3'REFORN BB IT RBSOLVND, That the County of Washington, by
d, W. Walker, J, B, Johnston and W,. H, Ncker, County Commissioners,
does hereby release, discharge and acquit the globe Indemnity Company
from any and all liability upon its bond aforesaid and from any and
all liability it may have upon the said bond or by reason of the failure
of the Federal Uonstruotion company to comply with the terms and conditions
of its contract, except that this release shall not apply to nor relieve
the Globe Indemnity Company from any liability ihich any have already
arisen on the said bond on claims of material men or laborers and shall
not relieve nor release the Globe Indemnity Company from any liability
on the said bond on account of any defective construction of any part '
of the said road already completed by the Nederal `onstruction Company
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which shall be noticeable or discoverable on or before one year after
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Indemnity Company from any liability for damage or injury to any person
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-dV property on account of any negligence or illegal act of the Yodoral
Construction Company which liability shall have attsohed or become fixed
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prior to the -date hereof,
No other business appearing, the Board adj ouriied.
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Washington, Pa. , March 14th, 1921.
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At a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of the
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County of Washington in the State of Pennsylvania, duly called MOL bold
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at the office of said Board of County Commissioners at the Court House
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of the said County of Washington, in the Borough of Washington,
Pennsylvania, on the fourteenth day of March, 1921: all of the members
of said Board, to wit, J, S, Johnston, J. W. Walker and W. He Boker+
being present, the following Resolutiop wads on motion duly made and
seoonded, unanimously adopted by said Board, to wit;
whereas, By virtue of and in accordance with the provisions
of the Act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
approved the 12th day of June, 1919 (Pamphlet Laws page 450) and the
amendments thereof and supplements thereto, and by virtue of the
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MINUTE BOOK
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY_ PENNSYLVANIA
J ELMER JOHNSTON, JAMES W.WALKER, W H ECKER, COMMISSIONERS
approval of the State Highway Departmbnt under date of October 27, 192V,
the Permanent improvement and maintenance of State Highway'Route NQ. 115
between the Borough of Burgettetown and Hickory in the said County of
Washington has been authorized and ordered to be done; and
Whereas , the County Commissioners of the said County propose
to proceed, during the year 1921 , to improve and maintain said State
Highway Route go. 115 between the Borough of Burgettetovin and Hickory in the
said 4ounty of Washington, and in order to provide for the cost of
permanently improving and maintaining the same, it is necessary to borrow
R upon bonds to be issued by the said County the sum of rive Hundred
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Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) , the funds now in the treasury of the said
County, and those to come in during the said year (from sogrces other
than such borrowing) not being sufficient to defray such cost.
NOW, THSRSFORS, 333 IT R3SOLV3D BY THE BOARD OF COMFTY
COIKISSIONMW of the said County of Washington, that for the purpose
of providing for the cost of the permanent improvement and maintenance
k of State highway Route No. 115 between the Borough of Burgettetown aaad
j Hickory in the said County of Washington, so as aforesaid authorised and
orderred to be done, the said County do borrow the sum of .wive Hundred
Thousand Dollars 015009000.00) and increase its indebtedness by the
issue of Five Hundred (500) Bonds in the denomination of One Thousand
Dcllass ($1000,00) 004h, to be numbered from one to five hundred
(1 to -500) , both inoiusivd, to bear date the second day of Aiay, 1921,
and to bear interest at the rate of five (5( per vent* per annum from
their date , payable semi-annually on the first days, of 11ay and Novea y
in each year, both principal, and interest being payable, free of an►`t,
tames required to be paid or which may be hereafter required to be paid
under any law of the Consonwealth of Pennsylvania, said County expressly
agreeing and assuming to pay the sas4e. The principal of said bonds
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to-mature as follows
Bonds numbered Aggregate Amount Data of Uturlt `i .
< y 1 to 20 t 20,000:00 November 1, 192t
21 to 40 20,000.00 November 1, 1927
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41 to 60 201,000,00 November 1, 1126
61 to 80 209000.00 Novbmber 1, 19
` 81 to ,100 20,000.00 Novsvdmr` 1, 1936"
101 to .110 10,000.00 `November 1, 1931
! ill to 150 400000.00 November 1, 1932 r �
r 151 to 170 20 000.00, November l 143,1,
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i 171 to 200 30a000»0p November 1, 11934� j
201 to 250 501,000„ 00 November 1, 1935
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251 to 300 501,000,00 "ovember 1, 1936
MINUTE BOOK
�ENNSYLVANIA
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY,
J ELMER JOHNSTON, JAMES W WALKER, W H ECKER, COMMISSIONERS
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301 to 350 501,000.00 November 19 1937
351 to 400 50.000.00 November 1, 1938
401 to 450 500000.�00 November 1; 1939 1
451 to 500 500000.00 November 1, 1940
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Said bonds and the coupons annexed thereVo to be in the
following form:
United States of Amerida
State of Pennsylvania
County of Washington
Road Improvement Bond
No 41,000,00
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THBSB PMMIWTS, That the County of sashington,
in the State of Pennsylvania, for value received acknowledges itself indebted
and promises to ,pay to bearer, or if registered to the registered holder
thereof, the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000. 00) in lawful money of the
United States of America, on the first of Novembers 19 ...,,.. with interest
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thereon at the rate of five (5) per cent. per arum, payable semi-annually
on the first °daysof Mayand November in each year, bath principal and interest
being payabld, free of any taxes required to,be paid or which may be
hereafter required to be paid under any law of the Commonwealth of 1`e=9y1vsnia,
said County hereby expressly agreeing and assuring to pay the sMe; the
pr"cipal thereof being payable at the office of the County Treasurer in the
Borough of Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, and the interest 93"the
same ylace,• upon presentation and surrender of the coupons annexed, as they
4 a#verally became due.
The bond may be registered as to principal only upon the band
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registry bock to be kept at the office of the County Commissioners of Wash-
ington County, and by endorsement upon the back hereof by the Clerk for the
time being for the County -aammissioners, after which no transfer of this
bond shall be made except by the registered holder or holders in person, 3
or by their duly authorized attorney, and such transfer shall be noted upon
the bond registry book kept at the office of the Comanissicuors of Washington
County, and upon the back hereof, provided, however, that this band may be
transfel*ed to bearer, and negotiability thereby restored, and shall continue
subject to registrations or transfers to bearer, but no such registration of
AUgarin+aipal shall affect the negotiability of the coupons hereto annexed,
*2ich .shall continue to be transferable by delivery only.
j This bond may also be registered both as to principal and '
i interest, in which event the coupons hereunto.,attached thall. be .detached and-
immediately cancelled, by the Clerk for �#e time being for.the County Con-
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
J ELMER JOHNSTON, JAMES W WALKER. W H ECKER, COMMISSIONERS
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missioners of Washington County, and such registration shall be noted upon
the bond registry book, kept at the office of the County Commissioners
aforesaid, and upon the back hereof,, and thereafter the semi-annual interest
shall be paid to the holder or holders hereof by check or warrant drawn to
the order of the registered holder or holders hereof, and mailed to his,
her or their address, as the same may appear of record upon said bond
registry book.
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This bond is one of a series of five hundred (500) bonds
of like date , tenor and effect, amounting in the aggregate to .Five
hundred Thousand .Collars (S500,000.00) issued for the purpose of pro-
viding for the cost of the improvement and maintenance of state highway
fRoute No. 115 between the Borough of Burgettstown and hickory in said -
f County of Washington, pursuant to the authority conferred by the Act
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of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, approved the
12th day of June, 1919 (Pamphlet Laws, page 450) and the Act of the
General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania approved the 20th
day of April , 1874 (Pamphlet Laws page 65) and acts amendatory thereof
and supplemental thereto, and by virtue of a Resolution of the County
Commissioners adopted at a. meeting thereof duly :oalled and held.
Ittis hereby certified and recited that all acts,
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conditions and thingw-, aecassary to the validity of this bond exist..
` have happened and hate been done; that every requireaent of the law
affecting the validity hereof has been duly complied with; that this bond ,
is within every debt and other limit pressioribed by the constitution,..and
lags of the State, and that prior to the issuance thereof an annual UX,
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has been levied in a sum sufficient to pay the principal and i ntereat�of s
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this series of bonds. The faith, credit and property of said County of
Washington are hereby irrevocably pledged to the punctual payment of the .
principal and interest of this bond in accordance with its terms.
IW WI TN3SS 'IRHM4B, The County C ommi s si one rs of the County
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i of Washington have duly caused this bond to be issued and executed by=
them fn the name of the said County, and corporate seal of the said a
County to be hereunto affixed, attested by the Uommissi oners' Clerk *Ad,
countersigned by the County Controller, and the coupons hereto annexed ,
to be executed by the fac-simile signatures of the said County Commipsr
' ioners as of the second day of May, 1921.
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENN SYLVANIA
J ELMER JOHNSTON, JAMES W.WALKER, W H ECKER. COMMISSIONERS
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In the year 19$79 60,800.00
In the year 19381 R 581,100. 0or
In the year 1939, 55,400.00
In the year 1940, 52,700.00
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That before any of said bonds shall
be issued a statement shall be prepared, executed and filed in the office
of the Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Washington County.*
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as required by the second section of the aforesaid Act of the General
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, approved on the 20th day of
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April, 1874, and the act# amendatory thereof and supplemental the;oto.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That the Controller of said Washltgtom
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M County be ordered and directed to advertise said bonds for sale is
accordance with the Act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, as approved the 6th day of July, 1917, and acts amendatory
thereof and supplemental thereto# and that the same be sold to the
highest responsible bidder after due public *otios as required by said
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Act, Provided that no bid. far said bonds at less than their par value
shall be' accepted;
AND BE IT FURTHER RKSOL'VED That said Five hundred Thousand �
(4500,000.004 Dollars of bonds, Then duly prepared, signed and sealed
in the form above not forth, shall be delivered to the purchasers thereof,
as hereinabove provided, on payment of the purchase price thereof, and
the receipt of the 'Treasurer of the said County shall be to the purchaser
a full acquittance for the said purchase price, and the said purchasers
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shall *0 be bound to see to the application of the proceeds thereote
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• There. being no further business, the Bo `adjourned,
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Office of County. Commissioners
Washington, Pa. , March 17th, I-M
Commissioners in regular session, members present being
Messrs . Johnston and Ecker; Mr, Walker having notice of, aeeting, but
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not present. �
Notion by Mr. Rcker, seconded by Mr. Johnston, that County f
Controller be requested to advertise at once for bids on issue of
Five Hundred Thousand Dollar Road Improvement Bonds, said advertisett .
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
J ELMER JOHNSTON, JAMES W WALKER. W. H ECKER, COMMISSIONERS 1
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Countersigned:
Connty Controller.
Form of Coupon
No. $25. 00
The County of Washington will pay to bearer Twenty Five {�
Dollars , free of any tau imposed under any law of the Commonwealth
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of Pennsylvania, on the first day of 39.E , at the office
of the County Treasurer, Washington, Pennsylvania, being six months'
interest that day due on its Road Improvement Band No. � dated !
May 29 1921.
Form of Registration.
Clerk of
Date Ot Registration, dame of Registered Owner. County Commissioners,
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BE IT FURTHER RRSOLVED, That an annual tax beginning with
the year 1921, be and the same is hereby levied and assessed upon the
proper subjects of taxation within said County, to be applied solely to
the payment of the principal of said bonds at maturity and the interest
and State taxes thereon as the same shall become payable (said annual
tax is sufficient for the a p yment of the interest and State taxes thereon
and oft the principal of said debt within a period not exceeding thirty
years, to wit , within twelty years from the date of increasing said debt) ,
to be collected as follows:
In the year 1921, $30000. 40
In the year 19220 300900.00
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In the year 1923, 30000. 04 -
In` the year 19241,
34,Ot?0.00 �
In" the year 1925,
31,000.00
I In the year 19269 319000.00
In the year 1927* 45 9920,00
In the year 1 28
Y 9 . 44,840. 00
In the year 19290 43, 60. 00
In the year 1930, 4
2,680.00
In the year 1931, 31,600.00
In the year 1932
61,06 0.00
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In -the year 1933, 38:900. Qa
in the year 19340 470820.00
In the year 1935, 66,200.00
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In the year 1936, 63,500.00
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENN SYLVANIA
J ELMER JOHNSTON, JAMES W.WALKER, W H ECKER. COMMISSIONERS
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In the year 19$79 60,800.00
In the year 19381 R 581,100. 0or
In the year 1939, 55,400.00
In the year 1940, 52,700.00
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That before any of said bonds shall
be issued a statement shall be prepared, executed and filed in the office
of the Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Washington County.*
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as required by the second section of the aforesaid Act of the General
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, approved on the 20th day of
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April, 1874, and the act# amendatory thereof and supplemental the;oto.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That the Controller of said Washltgtom
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M County be ordered and directed to advertise said bonds for sale is
accordance with the Act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, as approved the 6th day of July, 1917, and acts amendatory
thereof and supplemental thereto# and that the same be sold to the
highest responsible bidder after due public *otios as required by said
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Act, Provided that no bid. far said bonds at less than their par value
shall be' accepted;
AND BE IT FURTHER RKSOL'VED That said Five hundred Thousand �
(4500,000.004 Dollars of bonds, Then duly prepared, signed and sealed
in the form above not forth, shall be delivered to the purchasers thereof,
as hereinabove provided, on payment of the purchase price thereof, and
the receipt of the 'Treasurer of the said County shall be to the purchaser
a full acquittance for the said purchase price, and the said purchasers
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shall *0 be bound to see to the application of the proceeds thereote
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• There. being no further business, the Bo `adjourned,
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Office of County. Commissioners
Washington, Pa. , March 17th, I-M
Commissioners in regular session, members present being
Messrs . Johnston and Ecker; Mr, Walker having notice of, aeeting, but
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not present. �
Notion by Mr. Rcker, seconded by Mr. Johnston, that County f
Controller be requested to advertise at once for bids on issue of
Five Hundred Thousand Dollar Road Improvement Bonds, said advertisett .
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