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the bonds thereof, to an amount not exceeding $500,000 at the par value of the
shares, and for the purpose of meeting said subscription the said Commissioners are
authorized to issue bonds, payable within fifteen years, and the said bonds to be re-
ceived at par value by the Railroad Company in payment of stock subscribed for,
when said Commissioners are satisfied that the Railroad will be completed to Cumber-
land, and the Commissioners are further authorized to levy to pay the annual interest
on their bonds and to create a sinking fund. 1867, c. 138 authorizes the County Com-
missioners of Allegany county to levy for $2,250 for the Clerk of the Circuit Court to
pay for dockets, and said Commissioners are further authorized to levy in future in
the annual levy for said Clerk the sum of $50 for each docket furnished by him.

CITY OF CUMBERLAND.

1864, c. 121 repeals sections 23, 31, 32, 33, 35, 53 and 54 and enacts the following

in their stead:

23. The survey made under the authority of the mayor and city councilmen of the town of Cumber- land, and entered upon the record of their proceed- ings and recorded in the office of the clerk of the cir- cuit court for Allegany county, shall constitute the	1864, c 121, s 1 Bounds and limits.
bounds and limits of said city; provided, however, that for all sanitary and police purpose the mayor and councilman of said city shall have and exercise full authority and control for one-half mile in every direction beyond the bounds and limits above men- tioned.	Proviso.
31. The mayor and councilman may provide, by ordinance, for the appointment of a clerk and such other officers as to them may seem fit for the proper execution and performance of the powers and duties conferred on them by the laws of the state, and their act of incorporation.	Ibid s 2 Appointment of clerk and other officers.
32. The mayor shall be allowed salary, not exceed- ing two hundred dollars, the councilman shall be allowed a per diem not exceding two dollars per day for each day of service, but the total per diem of any councilman shall not exceed forty dollars per annum, and the salaries of all other officers appointed by said mayor and councilmen shall be fixed by ordinance at such reasonable and economical rates as to them may seem just and proper.	Ibid s 3. Salary of mayor, council- men, &c.