CECIL COUNTY. 2029

and credit of the said town or corporation, on short term, promissory notes
of the town or corporation, signed by the President, sealed with the seal
of the town or corporation and attested by the clerk; said notes to bear
interest at a rate of not exceeding six (6) per centum per annum, and
said sum, when so borrowed, may be used by the President and Commis-
sioners for the purpose of refunding any floating indebtedness or for pro-
viding for the emergency needs of the town or corporation.

1920, ch. 243.

375. The President and Commissioners are hereby empowered to use
any funds in hand which shall have been raised by any bond issue here-
tofore authorized and not required for the purposes directed in Section
374 for permanent street improvements, whether the same be constructed
in whole or in part by the Corporation of Port Deposit; and the said
President and Commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to
levy an additional tax of twenty cents on each one hundred dollars of the
assessable property in the town of Port Deposit which shall be collected
as other taxes in said town are now gathered, and the proceeds of said tax
levy shall be used, first for the purpose of paying interest on the bonds,
issued under the authority of Section 374 and, secondly, for the purpose'
of providing a sinking fund with which to purchase bonds issued under
said section or to retire the same at maturity and the said President and1
Commissioners shall keep said sinking fund in some National Bank in
Cecil County which will pay a reasonable rate of interest thereon.

P. L. L, 1888, Art. S, sec. 268. 1874, ch. 216.

376. The President and Commissioners may, on application of any
person holding a lot in said town, have the same surveyed and the limits
thereof established by a committee of three of their own body, any two of
whom may employ a surveyor for the purpose, and the expenses thereof
shall be charged in fair proportion upon the holders of lots surveyed,
and may be collected as other small debts; provided, that upon application
for survey, the owners of adjoining lots or their agents shall be notified, if
residing in the town; and if neither the owner of said lots nor their
agents shall reside in said town, the notice of the time and place of mak-
ing said survey shall be posted at the postoffice in said town at least
twenty days before said survey.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 8, sec. 269. 1874, ch. 216.

377. The person making such survey shall establish permanent bound-
aries of the lots surveyed, and a certificate of the survey and bounds
thereof shall be returned by the surveyor, attested by two or more Com-
missioners, and recorded among the office papers of the President and
Commissioners, and a certified copy thereof shall be evidence of the lines
of said lots.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 8, sec. 270. 1874, ch. 216.

378. All taxes, fines, forfeitures and penalties imposed by the Presi-
dent and Commissioners, by virtue of any law or ordinance, shall be ap-