ART. 2. ] ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY.

making pumps, water pipes, fountains, hydrants and
water plugs therein, which may appear for the benefit
of such particular part or district, in a sum not ex-
ceeding one per centum on the assessable property in
said particular part or district; and to make a new
assessment of all the assessable property in said city
not exempt from taxation by the laws of this state, as
often as they may deem the same necessary; to borrow
money on the credit of the corporation for the purpose
of promoting or affecting any important and perma-
nent public improvement in the city, or for paying its
present debt, and to issue, from time to time, as they
may deem proper, the bonds of the said mayor, coun-
sellor and aldermen, payable at such times and in such
sums as they deem proper, not exceeding in the aggre-
gate the sum of fifty thousand dollars, and to pledge
their property for the payment thereof, and the interest

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thereon; provided, however, that a majority of the legal
voters shall approve the act at an election to be held on
a day and at a place to be named by the mayor, coun-
sellor and aldermen of the city of Annapolis, when the
legal voters of said city shall express by ballot their
assent or dissent to the loan proposed; and provided,
that the entire public debt of said city shall not exceed

Provisos.

the sum of fifty thousand dollars; to provide for taking
up, fining or committing to the jail of Anne Arundel
county, all vagrants, drunken, loose and disorderly per-
sons, and such as have no visible means of support and
livelihood, and common disturbers of the peace, that
may be found within the jurisdiction of the city; and
the keeper of the said jail shall receive and safe keep
all persons so committed, according to the tenor of the
commitment; to cause a survey, as often as they may
think necessary, of the city, its harbors, streets, lots,
and the additions thereto, to be made; to establish and
fix permanent boundaries, and stones at such places as
they may think necessary, with proper marks and de-
vices thereon; to ascertain the lines of the city, and
the additions thereto, and the survey of the said city
and additions thereto, and of the streets, lanes, alleys

May provide for
taking up. &c,
vagrants, &c.