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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

of stock, the payment of the annual interest on the one-half of

the total issue of bonds of said corporation, to wit : On the sum

of sixteen thousand dollars, and the payment and redemption

of the same at maturity in the year 1913, and also such further

sum as may be necessary to keep the said bridge in repair to

the extent of one-half the cost of such repair, the other half

of the cost of repair and maintenance, as well as the other half

of the annual interest, on the bridge bonds and the money for

their final redemption, to be borne and paid by the County

Establishment

Supervisors or other authorities of Loudon County, Virginia,

of a free

or by such other authority as may assume and pay the same for

bridge.

the benefit of the public and the establishment of a free bridge

in place of the said Berlin and Lovettsville toll bridge as here-

inbefore provided.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said County Commission-

To issue
bonds.

ers of Frederick County are hereby authorized and empowered

to issue bonds in such sums and at such times as to them shall

seem proper to an amount not exceeding thirty thousand dol-

lars, bearing interest at not exceeding four per cent, per annum,

payable twenty years after date, to be sold at not less than par,

for the purpose of carrying out the purpose of this Act ; and to

levy taxes on the taxable property of Frederick County to

meet the annual interest on said bonds and to redeem and pay

the same when they shall fall due; and the said bridge, from

and after the purchase of said stock by Frederick and Loudon

Counties, shall thenceforth be opened and maintained by the

two counties aforesaid as a free bridge open to the traveling

public as other public bridges in Frederick County are used

and maintained, subject only to such regulation as may be

Care and pro-

necessary for the proper care and protection of said bridge,

tection of
bridge.

and the penalties provided by the Act of 1890, Chapter 616,

for injuring or obstructing said bridge shall remain in force, to

be collected as therein provided.

Approved April 7, 1904.

CHAPTER 280.

AN ACT to repeal Section 186 of Article 23 of the Code of

Public Local Laws, title "Wicomico County," sub-title

"State's Attorney," and to add a new section to said Article

23 of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Wicomico

County," sub-title "County Commissioners," giving the

County Commissioners power to appoint its counsel and to