JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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"Frederick County," sub-title "Bridges," said additional
section to follow Section sixty -one of said Article, and to be
designated as Section 6iA.

Frederick co.
Bridges.

61A. The County Commissioners of Frederick County shall
cause all bridges in said county to be so repaired and con-
structed as to be safe for traction engines to cross said
bridges with safety, provided that the maximum weight of
any traction engine with fuel and water shall not weigh more
than fifteen thousand pounds, and the maximum weight of a
thresher not more than six thousand five hundred pounds. In
case the said County Commissioners fail to make the bridges
safe and secure as heretofore specified, they shall be liable for
all damages for any accident arising from the neglect of the
Commissioners in providing for the safety of bridges, as
hereinbefore set forth.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10, 1900.

CHAPTER 637.
AN ACT to refund to the Emmittsburg Railroad Company a
sum of money erroneously paid into the State Treasury.

Construction
and repair of
bridges, etc.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Comptroller be, and he is hereby directed to
issue his warrant upon the Treasurer to pay to the Emmitts-
burg Railroad Company the sum of thirty-seven dollars and
fifty-eight cents, being money erroneously paid into the State
Treasury by it for State taxes for the years 1897 and 1898.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10, 1900.

CHAPTER 638.
AN ACT to authorize the Board of Police Commissioners of
Baltimore City to increase the pension of James D. Ander-
son, a retired patrolman of the police force of Baltimore
City.

Refund a sum
of money to
Emmittsburg
Railroad Co.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Board of Police Commissioners for the City
of Baltimore be and they are hereby authorized and directed
to pay to James D. Anderson, a retired patrolman of the police

Police
Commission'rs
of Bal to. City.
Authority to
pension
J. D. Anderson