ART. 3. ] BALTIMORE COUNTY.

fifteen cents on the one hundred dollars, for the use of
public roads and bridges in Baltimore county, which
shall be collected as other county taxes are collected.

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228. The county commissioners shall set apart two-
thirds of the tax so collected as a "special road and
bridge fund, " which shall be for the use and benefit of
that district from which it has been collected, and all
orders for the payment of money shall be signed by
the chairman and at least one other of the supervisors
of that district. The county commissioners shall set
apart the remaining one-third of the tax so collected,

Ibid, s 12.
Special road
and bridge fund

as the " general road and bridge fund, " which shall be
applied by the commissioners to the general use and
benefit of the bridges and roads of Baltimore county,
and for no other purposes.

General road
and bridge
fund

229. When there shall not be sufficient money in the
county treasury set apart as the " general road and
bridge fund, " to meet the requirements of the county
'at large, the county commissioners are authorized to
borrow upon the credit of the county, a sum not ex-
ceeding twenty thousand dollars therefor, and shall pay
the same, together with the interest thereon, out of the
" general road and bridge fund, " and whenever there
shall not be sufficient money in the county treasury set
apart as the special road and bridge fund of any dis-
trict, the county commissioners are authorized to bor-
row upon the credit of the county a sum of money not
exceeding two thousand dollars, to meet the require-
ments of said district, and shall pay the same, together
with the interest thereon, out of the special road fund
set apart for said district.

Ibid. s. 13.
County com-
missioners may
borrow money
for use of gene-
ral fund.

230. Whenever twenty or more taxable inhabitants
of Baltimore county shall desire the opening of any
new road or the widening, straightening, altering or
closing of any old road or part of any old road, they
may make application in writing to the county com-
missioners setting forth as near as may be, the length
and location of the road so petitioned for, and the

Ibid s 14
Application for
opening of new
road, &c.

county commissioners shall give notice in one or more
papers published in Baltimore county, for two succes-

Notice.