CARROLL COUNTY. 1775

1902, ch. 286, sec. 73B. 1922, ch. 107.

169. The Mayor and Common Council of Manchester is authorized
and directed to levy a special tax not exceeding ten cents on the one
hundred dollars on all property within the corporate limits of Manchester
liable to assessment and taxation for the use and benefit of Manchester
Volunteer Fire Engine Hook & Ladder Company No. 1 of Manchester,
Maryland; and that said special levy shall be made annually and col-
lected in the same manner as the present taxes are collected.

1929, ch. 83, sec. 73C.

170. The Mayor and Common Council of Manchester, Maryland, shall
have the power and authority to borrow a sum of money not to exceed
at any time, in the aggregate, the amount of ten thousand dollars, on the
promissory note or notes of the said Mayor and Common Council, said
note or notes to be signed by the Mayor of said town, the seal of said
municipal corporation attached and attested by the clerk of said town,
for the purpose of liquidating the floating indebtedness of said town
amounting to thirty-seven hundred dollars, the improvement of the streets
thereof, the preservation of the health and safety of the inhabitants of
said town, and for other municipal purposes.

1929, ch. 83, sec. 73D.

171. At any time hereafter that it may become necessary for the said
Mayor and Common Council of Manchester, Maryland, to borrow money
for the necessary and proper administration of the affairs of said town,
the improvement of the streets of said town, the preservation of the health
and safety of the inhabitants thereof, or for other municipal purposes,
the said Mayor and Common Council of Manchester, Maryland, shall
have the power and authority to borrow on the note or notes of the said
Mayor and Common Council of Manchester, Maryland, such sum or
sums of money as may be necessary, not to exceed in the aggregate at
any time whatsoever the sum of ten thousand dollars, said note or notes
to be executed as prescribed in the preceding section.

1929, ch. 83, sec. 73E.

172. In order to pay any or all promissory notes which may be exe-
cuted and delivered by the said Mayor and Common Council of Man-
chester, Maryland, in acknowledgment of money lent to said Mayor and
Common Council of Manchester, Maryland, as the same shall become due
and payable, the said Mayor and Common Council shall have the power
and authority to levy upon the assessable property within the limits of said
town a tax, in addition to what they are now authorized to levy, sufficient
therefor, not to exceed, however, in any one year, the rate of ten cents
upon each one hundred dollars of assessable basis.

P. L. L., 1888, .Art. 7. sec. 74. 1870, ch. i35.

173. Such tax shall be collected and paid to the treasurer by the col-
lector annually appointed by them, who shall have power to distrain