JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

culvert or culverts, mentioned in the foregoing sections, shall
be borne by the county; and how much of the same in each
instance shall be borne by any person or persons, corporation
or corporations, so as aforesaid in interest.

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Sec. 217E. In order that any claim or claims of adjoining
property-holders may be fairly dealt with, the County Com-
missioners shall have power upon presentation of any such
claim or claims, after such reasonable notice as they may fix
to the claimants and all other parties interested in such claim
or claims of the time and place of such hearing, and deter-
mine such claim or claims, and fix the amount, if any thereof,
and at the same time or times what part thereof, if any, shall
be paid by any person or persons, corporation or corporations,
that in the judgment of said County Commissioners will be
benefited by such change, and said County Commissioners,
in their discretion, may require such person or persons, cor-
poration or corporations to pay or secure the payment, or
make a binding agreement to pay the same or any part thereof
before proceeding with the work, or require such an agree-
ment to be included in the contract provided for in Section
217D hereof. (Section next before last, refer to it by No.)

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from December 1st, 1900.

Approved April 10, 1900.

CHAPTER 686.
AN ACT to encourage the establishment and development
of manufactures and manufacturing in Worcester County.

Claims of
adjoining
property
holders.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the County Commissioners of Worcester County
be and they are hereby authorized and empowered, when-,
ever it shall seem expedient for the encouragement of the
establishment of manufactures and manufacturing indus-
tries in said county, to provide by ordinance for the
exemption from taxation for county purposes, for any
certain period of time in their discretion deemed advisable,
any lands and buildings thereon in said county used by
such manufactures in the usual conduct of and for the
usual purposes of their manufacturing business, and any
mechanical tools or implements, whether worked by hand or
steam or motive power, machinery, manufacturing apparatus
or engines owned by any individual, firm or corporation in
said county and properly subject to valuation and taxation

Worcester Co.
Authority to
exempt from
taxation manu-
facturing
industries, etc.