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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

have paid for paving sidewalks or gutters in said town after
giving due notice to the persons, bound under the existing
law, to have the same, and after failure of the persons so
notified to put down or lay such pavements; provided, that
the persons so sued, or against whom any suit is pending,,
shall be entitled to make any defense which they could have
made before the passage of this Act.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1900.
CHAPTER 340.

Havre deGrace

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendents, Sections
numbered 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 150, 151, 152, 155,
156, 157. 158, 159, 163 and 175 of Article 13 of the Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "Harford County," sub-
title "Havre de Grace," (said Sections 142, 143, 145, 150,
152, 155, 156, 157, 158 and 159 having been heretofore
repealed and re-enacted by the Act of eighteen hundred
and ninety, Chapter one hundred and eighty), and to repeal
Sections 176 and 177 of said Article, and sub-title, and to
add new sections thereto, to be known as 141 A, 150A,

Mayor and
City Council.
Authorized to
issue bonds.

150 B, 150C, 150 D, 152A, 155A, 155 B, 156A, 157A,
157 B, 157 C, I58A, 158 B and 159A, and to authorize the
Mayor and City Council of Havre de Grace to issue bonds
to an amount not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, to
raise money to extinguish the floating debt of said City,
and to provide for. the submission of the amendments made
by this Act to the charter of said City to a vote of the
people before the same shall become operative, and for
other purposes set forth in said amended and new sections.

Amended and
new sections.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections numbered 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145,
150, 151, 152, 155, 156, 157. 158, 159. 163 and 175 of Article
13 of the Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Harford
County," sub-title "Havre de Grace," (Sub-Sections 142,
143, 145, 150, 152, 155, 156, 157, 158 and 159 having been
heretofore repealed and re-enacted by the Act of eighteen
hundred and ninety, Chapter one hundred and eighty) be
and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-