104 ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY. [ART. 2.

for paving the streets, lanes and alleys therein, or for construct-
ing sewers, sinking wells, making pumps, water pipes, fountains,
hydrants and water plugs therein, which in their judgment may
appear for the benefit of such particular part or district, in a sum
not exceeding 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 neces-
sary; to borrow money on the credit of the corporation for the
purpose of promoting or effecting any important and permanent
public improvement in the city, or for paying its present debts;
and to issue, from time to time, as they may deem proper, the
bonds of the said mayor, counsellor and aldermen, payable at
such times and in such sums as they may deem proper, not
exceeding in the aggregate the sum of fifty thousand dollars, and
to pledge their property for the payment thereof, and the inter-
est 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, counsellor and alder-
men of the city of Annapolis, when the legal voters of said city
shall express by ballot their assent to or dissent from the loan
proposed; and provided further, that the entire public debt of
said city shall not exceed 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 harbor, 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 devices 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 and harbor
thereof, when made, shall be signed by the mayor, and the seal
of the corporation thereto affixed, and shall be deposited with the
clerk of the corporation of the city, and received as evidence of