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8. Should a majority of the votes cast at an election held, a3
provided in the first section of this act, be unfavorable to the
issuing of the said license, it shall not be lawful for the said clerk
of the Circuit Court, to issue any license for the sale of spirituous
or fermented liquors of any kind within the limits of said
borough, for one year from the first day of May ensuing said
decision, in each and every year in which such decision shall be
made.

In force from March 10,1864.

NEGROES AND SLAVES.

Chapter 87 repeals Sections 134, 135.

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In force from January 27, 1864

PORT DEPOSIT.

Chapter 226 amends and re-enacts Sections 146,152, 160, as follows •

9. The limits of said village shall commence on the Susque-
hanna river, at the eastern terminus of the old Port Deposit
bridge, and run thence due east one-quarter of a mile, then
southerly in a parallel line with the river, until it strikes a
run called Herring Run, then down the said run to the Susque-
hanna river, and then by aud with the river to the place of
beginning.

10. They shall have power to levy and collect taxes in said
village, not exceeding in any one year, thirty cents in the hun-
dred dollars on the assessable property of said village; and
shall also, for the purpose of grading and paving the streets of
said village, have power to levy such other taxes upon the
property fronting on the street, or the portion thereof to be
paved, as will pay the cost of grading and paving the same.

11. The president and commissioners of the village of Port
Deposit, shall have full power to pave the streets of said village-,
and shall assess and levy the expense thereof upon the owners
of the property fronting on that portion of the street to be-