PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 845

the following sections, to come after section 38, and be desig-
nated as sections 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49,
50, 51, 52:

SEC. 39. That the Commissioners of Ridgely are hereby
authorized and empowered to construct such system of sewers
and sewage disposal works in accordance with any plan now
or that may hereafter from time to time be adopted as may
seem to them necessary to meet the requirements of the town
and to protect the health of its citizens.

SEC. 40. That, for the purpose of meeting the cost for the
construction and installation of the system of sewers and sewage
disposal works, as aforesaid, the Commissioners of Ridgely
are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to issue regis-
tered bonds in the name of the Commissioners of Ridgely in
sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) each, to be numbered
from one to forty consecutively, and payable as follows: Num-
ber one to twenty-three, inclusive, will be due and payable five
years from the date of issue, and thereafter each bond shall
mature and be paid each consecutive year from the maturity
of bond number twenty-three in the order of their consecutive
numbers. Said bonds to be signed by the President and Secre-
tary of the said Commissioners of Ridgely, attested by the seal
of the said Commissioners of Ridgely, to the amount of twenty
thousand dollars ($20,000.00), or so much thereas as may be
necessary for the purpose of constructing and installing a
system of sewers and disposal works. Said bonds shall bear
interest at not more than five per centum per annum, payable
semi-annually, in each and every year, and dated on the day
of their issue, and the same shall be exempt from county and
municipal taxation in Caroline county.

SEC. 41. The proceeds of sale from the said bond issue of
twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00), or so much thereof as
may be necessary for this purpose, shall be, by the said Com-
missioners of Ridgely, used and applied exclusively to the pay-
ment of the cost and expense of installing and constructing a
system of sewers and disposal works for the Town of Ridgely
as the said commissioners may order and direct, and the said
bonds are hereby declared to be first lien upon the taxable
property situate within the corporate limits of the said Town
of Ridgely.

SEC. 42. For the purpose of raising the funds necessary to
pay the interest upon the aforesaid bonds and to redeem them
when they become due, the Commissioners of Ridgely are
hereby authorized, empowered and directed to annually levy