EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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improvement of said street; and the said Commissioners are

hereby authorized and empowered by and with the consent

of the City Council to contract in the name of the Mayor and

City Council of Cumberland, with the lowest responsible bidder

or bidders for the completion of the work herein provided for,

and are further authorized to require and take from the con-

tractor or contractors a bond payable to the Mayor and City

Contractors'
bond.

Council of Cumberland and conditioned for the faithful per-

formance of his or their contract in such penalty as the Com-

missioners, or a majority of them, may determine.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners,

Compensation

excepting the Mayor of said city, shall each receive the sum

of Commis-
sioners.

of fifty dollars as compensation in full for the services to be

performed by them under this Act ; and the said Commissioners

shall have power and authority to require the services of the

City Engineer of Cumberland to make the surveys, plats and

estimates of the work herein provided for, and who shall render

such services whenever required by said Commissioners, free

of additional compensation other than that now allowed to

such officer by the ordinances of the Mayor and City Council

of Cumberland.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners, or

a majority of them, shall, as soon as said work is fully com-

pleted, make a report of their proceedings hereunder to the

Mayor and City Council of Cumberland together with dupli-

To report with
plats of

cate plats of said street as opened, located and improved by

completed

them, one of which plats shall be kept in the office of said

city, and the other filed and recorded among the Land Records

of Allegany County; said Commissioners shall levy and assess

the cost of curbing said street as extended and improved

against the abutting property owners, and such sums so levied

and assessed shall be payable by them respectively to the

Mayor and City Council ; and as to the remaining cost and ex-

penditures attending such improvements, the said Commis-

sioners shall designate in their report what sums shall be

paid by the City of Cumberland towards said work, and what

sums shall be paid by the Board of County Commissioners of

Allegany County, respectively, towards said work; and what-

ever sums then remain shall be apportioned amongst the own-

ers, in fee simple, of the property binding on Washington

street as extended; provided, however, the total amount ap-

portioned amongst said property holders shall not exceed one-

half of the entire cost of said improvements after deducting

the costs of said curbing as aforesaid; and provided, further,