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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

examined before the Commission, said oath to have all the

qualities of an oath taken before any other judicial tribunal

or officers, and violations thereof to be punishable as other

perjuries are punishable, and the Commission shall have full

power to give judgment in any hearing before it as to costs,

which judgments shall be enforceable in the same manner as

other judgments or costs rendered by competent tribunals.

211. Said Commission shall have the power to require all

notices provided by this Act to be given, or which it may be

Constables to

necessary to give in the course of any of its proceedings,

serve notices.

to be served by any of the constables of Baltimore County,

and to allow the sum of forty cents and no more for the

service of every such notice ; and any constable failing to serve

any such notice or making any false return as to such service

shall be punishable as for other similar violation of duties

required by law to be performed by him.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all other Acts or parts of

Acts, laws or parts of laws, inconsistent with the provisions

of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed to the ex-

tent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

Concluded un-

from May the first, 1904 ; provided, that in all cases where

der existing

proceedings are or have been begun for the opening of roads,

law.

building of bridges, or the like, before this Act becomes

effective, the same shall be concluded under the provisions of

the existing law, and not under the provisions of this Act.

Approved April 12, 1904.

CHAPTER 466.

AN ACT to allow the legal and qualified voters of Brunswick,

in Frederick County, Maryland, to decide bv ballot whether

or not town coupon bonds not exceeding the sum of ten

thousand dollars shall be issued by the Mayor and Council

of Brunswick, in Frederick County, Maryland, for the pur-

pose of improving the streets and alleys of said town.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That the question whether or not the Mayor and Council

of Brunswick shall issue coupon bonds to an amount not

Question to be
submitted to

exceeding ten thousand dollars, in the name of the Mayor and

voters.

Council of Brunswick, for the purpose of improving the streets

and alleys of said town, shall be and is hereby directed to be