ART. 17.] QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY. 751

BAILIFFS.

25. Each bailiff and constable to the Circuit Court for said
county shall be entitled to two dollars for each day he shall at-
tend said court.

BRIDGE AT CHESTEBTOWN.

29. The county commissioners of Queen Anne's and Kent
counties, may, in their discretion, contract, either directly or
by agent, with the president and directors of Chester. River
Bridge Company, for the passage of the citizens of Queen
Anne's and Kent counties respectively, their servants, wagons,
carts, carriages and effects, across said bridge, on such terms
and conditions, and with such limitations, as the contracting
parties may agree upon, and may renew said contract from
time to time, as the same may expire, and the said commis-
sioners may levy on the assessable property of their respective
counties, the sum necessary to comply with said contract; Pro-
vided, the same shall not exceed the clear yearly sum of six
hundred dollars for each county.

27. The contract made under the preceding section shall be
signed by the officers of the said bridge company, or by an agent
or attorney by them duly authorized, on the one part, and by
the clerk of each of the said county commissioners, or by an
agent or attorney appointed by the said county commissioners,
on the other part, and 'a duplicate thereof filed in the office of
the clerk of the Circuit Court of each of said counties, and no
contract shall be made for a longer period than five years at
one time.

28'. The county commissioners of each of said counties, after
the first year of such agreement, may levy in advance, and pay
on the first day of January in each year, the sum agreed to be
paid to said bridge company, to secure them the means of making
their usual dividend.

29. The said bridge company may dispense with the footway,
and use the whole width of the bridge, as a carriage and cart
•way.

CENTBEVILLE.

30. The town of Centreville, in Queen Anne's county, is incor-
porated, and the inhabitants thereof are a body politic, by the