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shall not be made until the said railroad shall have been completed and paid for, or
until said county commissioners are satisfied that the said road Trill be made and
paid for, to the line dividing Frederick from Washington county, and in the direc-
tion of Hagerstown, and for the purpose of raising the said sum of money, so to be sub-
scribed by said county commissioners, they are hereby empowered annually to levy
the same on the taxable property of Washington county whenever the same shall be
called for, and in such sums or proportions as the progress of the work through said
Washington county shall require, or the said county commissioners shall borrow
the said sum from time to time as it may be required as aforesaid, upon the credit of
the said county, and to issue bonds, duly executed, for the payment of the same, the
said bonds not to be sold under their par value, to bear interest not exceeding six
per cent, payable semi-annually, and not to run for a period longer than twenty
years, and said bonds shall be exempt from county and municipal taxation, and for
the purpose of paying the interest thereon, and to retire the principal, the said county
commissioners are hereby empowered and required to levy an annual sum adequate
for said purposes. And that said bonds shall not be transferred to said railroad
company in payment of said subscription or any part thereof, but the same shall be
sold by the county commissioners of Washington county, and the proceeds paid to
Saul railroad company in ——— payment of the same. 1866, c. 48 provides that
the directors in said company be increased by two new members, and two of such
directors shall be citizens of Washington county; provided, however, that this act
shall take effect only when a subscription to the capital stock of said company,
binding upon said county shall hare been made to an amount of not less than one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and when this act shall have been accepted by
the stockholders of said company representing a majority of its stock.

ARTICLE XXII.

Wicomico County.

The electors of those parts of Worcester and Somerset Counties comprised within
the limits set forth in the second section of Article XIII of the Constitution, haying
on the eighteenth day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, by a majority
of their legal votes declared themselves in favor of the formation of a new county as
submitted to them in said article, and having constituted Salisbury its county seat,
the following act is here inserted. For other laws concerning Wicomico county, see
Articles XIX and XXIII, Somerset and Worcester counties.

SALISBURY. 1. Commissioners' acts ratified. 2. Provisions of art. 19 extended to citi- zens of town 3. Who entitled to elect town commission- ers. 4. Commissioners' oath: vacancies.

5 Compensation. 6. Town bailiff his powers and duties. 7 His oath and bond 8. Commissioners to levy taxes collector. 9. Suits for fines, &c. 10. Non-taxpayers to work on streets or commute penalty.