1835.

LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAP. 299

by advertising for proposals to perform the work, and

To estimate

for estimates of the cost of labor and materials, and by

such other means as they may deem advisable, to as-

certain the lowest amount that will be necessary to

build the said bridge.

Levy

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the commissioners

of Baltimore county and of Anne Arundel county, be,

and they are hereby authorised and required at their

next annual levies, to levy upon the assessable proper-

ty of said counties, the sum of five hundred dollars,

exclusive of the commissions allowed for collection, to

he applied to the building of the bridge aforesaid, one

moiety of which sum of money shall be levied on the

assessable property of Baltimore county, and the other

on that of Anne Arundel county, which said assessment

shall be made, levied and collected, in the same manner

that other county levies are made in said counties re-

To be paid over

spectively, and when collected shall be paid over by

the commissioners of said counties respectively to the

commissioners hereby appointed, to contract for and su-

perintend the building of the bridge aforesaid, or to

their order, as the case may be, as soon as the same

shall be levied and collected as aforesaid.

Vacancy, how filled

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That in case of the death,

resignation or refusal to act of any of the commission-

ers herein named, the commissioners of Baltimore or

Anne-Arundel county, as the case may be, shall ap-

point some suitable person, resident of the county in

which he was a commissioner, to act in his place, and

Authority of per-

the person so appointed shall have the same powers

sons filling

and authorities as are vested in any of the commission-

ers hereinbefore mentioned, and shall be required to

perform all the duties required by this act as the oth-

er commissioners herein named.

To account

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

ers or a majority of them shall render to the commis-

sioners of Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties respec-

tively, at their next meeting after the completion of

said bridge, or within six months thereafter, a full and

fair account of all the monies by them expended in build-

ing and completing said bridge by virtue of this act, with

the vouchers for the same, and the commissioners of