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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

bonds; each of said bonds shall be payable twenty-five years

after date to bearer; redeemable, however, at the pleasure of

said Mayor and Council at any time after the expiration of

ten years from their respective dates, and said bonds shall

have printed on them a distinct reference to the Act and the

election directing their issue; and the said bonds shall be con-

Bonds non-

secutively numbered as the same shall be issued, and said

assessable.

bonds shall be non-taxable for municipal or county purposes.

Proceeds of

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the proceeds of the sale of

sale of bonds.

said bonds, none of which shall be sold for less than par in

cash current money, shall be applied to the improvement of the

streets and alleys of said town, and the Mayor and Council

shall have power to issue five thousand dollars worth of said

bonds as soon as needed and shall issue thereafter in two

series two thousand five hundred dollars each worth of said

bonds as, in the judgment and discretion of the Mayor and

Council of Brunswick, may deem necessary.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That said Mayor and Council

Power to levy
taxes.

shall have full power and authority and are hereby required
to levy all necessary taxes upon the taxable property within

the taxable limits of the corporation of Brunswick for the

payment of the interest on said bonds to be issued in con-

formity with this Act, as well as for the payment of the

principal thereof at the maturity of said bonds, and shall

create a sinking fund for that purpose and levy and collect

the necessary taxes therefor, not exceeding the provisions of

the charter of the town, and the amount collected annually

for the sinking fund shall be invested by the Mayor and

Council in some safe, interest-bearing securities and be held

intact for the purpose for which it is intended.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1904.

CHAPTER 467.

AN ACT to prohibit the taking or catching of oysters in

the waters of the Patuxent river, between the first day

of April and the thirtieth day of September, inclusive.

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

Pertaining to

land, That it shall be unlawful to take or catch oysters with

the catching

rakes or tongs in the waters of the Patuxent river, between

of oysters.

the first day of April and the thirtieth day of September,