EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen,

eighteen, nineteen, twenty years, and to commence the redemp-

tion of the same in the year 1907; said bonds to be numbered

Bonds.

commencing with number one, and one bond is to be redeemed

each year from the time aforesaid, and the interest payable

annually upon all the bonds issued as aforesaid. The said

bonds shall be exempt from State, county and municipal

taxation. The said bonds shall be signed by the president

of the Commissioners of Delmar and the treasurer of said

Commissioners of Delmar, and the corporate seal shall be

affixed thereto and attested by the clerk of the said Commis-

sioners. It shall be the duty of the said treasurer and clerk,

respectively, to enter a full register of the said bonds, and

when sold, the name and addresses of the purchasers and

amount realized opposite the numbers of the bonds in separate

books, to be especially provided for that purpose, one to be

retained in the official custody of the said Commissioners and

the other in the custody of the treasurer. It shall be the duty

of the said president, clerk and treasurer, respectively, to exam-

Town officials

ine and compare the accounts in the said books as often as

to examine
books.

once a year, and certify to the same in the books by the writ-

ten signatures of the president of the Commissioners, the clerk

and the treasurer, with the date opposite their respective sig-

natures.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners of

Delmar, Maryland, may if necessary annually levy upon asses-

Levy to pay
interest on

sable property of the said town an additional tax sufficient to

bonds.

pay the interest on said bonds and to redeem five hundred dol-

lars thereof annually ; and that the money thus received shall be

known and kept as "The Improvement Bond Fund," and shall

be applied by the Commissioners of Delmar, Maryland, to the

payment of the principal and interest of said bonds as afore-

said and for no other purpose whatsoever, and that said tax

shall be collected as all other taxes are now collected in Del-

mar, Maryland.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners

are hereby authorized and directed to cause to be constructed

Authority to

and maintain a system of water works for the town of Del-

construct and
maintain a

mar, Maryland, and to purchase in fee simple or lease, in the

water system.

corporate name of the Commissioners of Delmar, Maryland,

any land which they may deem expedient for the purpose of

establishing and maintaining the said water works. Said Com-

missioners are also hereby vested with the power of condemna-

tion under rights of eminent domain as provided in Article