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cattle, hogs, geese and other fowl on the streets or in the limits of said
town, and to regulate the keeping of same in said town.

1912, ch. 635, sec. 2.

364. This act shall not impair or affect any right vested or acquired
and existing at the time of the passage of this act; provided that this
section shall not be construed to make irrepealable or irrevocable any right
which before the passage of this act was repealable or revocable; nor shall
this act impair, discharge or release any contract, obligation, duty, liability
or penalty whatever now existing. All suits and actions, both civil and
criminal, pending, or which may hereafter be instituted for causes of action
now existing or offenses already committed against any law or ordinance
repealed by this act, shall be instituted, proceeded with and prosecuted to
final determination and judgment as if this act had not been passed.
No tax or enforcement of the payment of the same before the passage of
this act shall in any manner be affected by the passage of this act, and the
mode of procedure in any such matter shall be the same as if this act
had not been passed.

1912, ch. 635, sec. 3.

365. All laws now in force relating or applicable to the Commissioners
of Sharptown and not included in this act and not inconsistent with this
act, and all ordinances of the Commissioners of Sharptown now in force
and not inconsistent with this act, are hereby continued until changed or
repealed, respectively, by the General Assembly of Maryland, or the
Commissioners of Sharptown.

WATER.

1929, ch. 27, sec. 1.

366. The Commissioners of Sharptown, Wicomico County, Maryland,
are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to establish and construct
a water supply system for said town, within and without the town limits;
to do any and all work including preliminary work and the employment of
engineering and clerical force necessary for the carrying out of the provi-
sions of this Act; and for the purposes of this Act to issue bonds on the
faith and credit of said town for the payment of said water supply system,
and to acquire by purchase or condemnation whatever property or rights-
of-way within or outside the corporate limits of said town that they may
deem necessary and proper.

192.9, ch. 27, sec. 2.

367. The Commissioners of Sharptown, hereinafter designated as the
"authorities," shall proceed as soon as possible after the passage of this
Act to employ such engineering and other help as they deem necessary for
the purpose of preparing surveys, plans, specifications and estimates for a
water supply system for said town. Upon the completion of said estimate
the authorities shall advertise in at least one newspaper in the county of