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| Lot # 96 VICE PRESIDENT SPIRO T. AGNEW - DOCUMENT SIGNED 01/11/1966 - Document 33326 |
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SPIRO T. AGNEW and OTHERS. Carbon Typed DS: "Spiro T.
Agnew" in ink as County Executive, 2p, 8½x11, separate sheets.
Baltimore County, Maryland, 1966 January 11. Headed: "Baltimore County,
Maryland/Contract Agreement". Contract No. 6553R between Baltimore County,
Maryland and the B&W Construction Company, Inc. of Essex, Maryland for
"Roads at Perry Hall Estates, Sec. 7, District 11, Baltimore County,
Md." The company was to be paid $16,526 for the work and materials.
Also signed on second page by the Vice President of the construction
company, the county Roads Engineer, the Assistant County Solicitor, the Director
of Finance and two witnesses, including a Secretary for the county. Lightly
creased. Staple holes at upper left blank corners, 3 file holes at blank left
margins. Ink lightly "haloed" at Director's signature. Overall, fine condition.
Accompanied by copies of both the Performance Bond and Payment Bond
issued to B&W Construction Company, Inc. Both are signed by the Vice
President of the construction company, an attorney for the New Amsterdam
Casualty Company, the Assistant County Solicitor and two witnesses. Both are
lightly soiled. Staple holes at upper left blank corners. 3 file holes at blank
left margins. Embossed with seals at lower right margins. With two
photocopies of "Power of Attorney/New Amsterdam Casualty Company". Staple holes
at upper left blank corners. 3 file holes at blank left margins. Fine condition.
In 1962, Republican attorney Spiro Theodore Agnew (1918-1996), born Spiro
Anagnostopoulos, was elected as County Executive of Baltimore County, Maryland,
his first public office. An outsider in a predominantly Democratic county,
in 1966, the year this contract was signed, Democrats selected an
opponent of integration as their candidate for the state's Governor and Agnew
won the governorship. Sworn in as Governor of Maryland in January
1967, Agnew, who became noted for his backing of tax and judicial reforms,
resigned on January 7, 1969, having been elected as Richard M. Nixon's Vice
President. Reelected to the vice presidency in 1972, Agnew resigned on
October 10, 1973 in the face of charges that he had accepted $29,500 in bribes
while Governor of Maryland (and allegedly continued to receive bribes while
Vice President) and falsified federal tax returns. Agnew, who pleaded nolo
contendere to the income tax charge in federal court, was sentenced to three
years probation and fined $10,000. Disbarred in Maryland, he became an
international trade executive after leaving office. Four
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