800 CECIL COUNTY. [ART. 8.

1888, ch. 305.

54. The county commissioners of each of the counties named
in this sub-title of this article are respectively authorized and em-
powered, in their discretion, in case either contribute towards the
building of the bridge aforesaid, or subscribe to the stock of a
company organized to build the same as hereinbefore provided,
to divide the amount so contributed or subscribed into as many
equal parts as they may deem proper, not exceeding four, and to
issue certificates of indebtedness therefor; that is to say, for one
of said parts payable in one year, for another of said parts payable-
in two years, for another of said parts payable in three years, for
another of said parts payable in four years; or said certificates
shall be payable at as many annual intervals as said amount is
divided into parts, said certificates to bear interest, not exceeding-
five per cent, interest per annum, until their maturity, but not
afterwards; and it shall be the duty of the county commissioners-
of the county where such certificates have been issued, and they
are directed, to levy upon the assessable property of said county
for the payment of the same at their maturity in the annual levy
next preceding such maturity.

CECILTON.

1883. ch. 408.

55. The inhabitants of the town of Cecilton are a corporation
by the name of " The President and Commissioners of the town
of Cecilton," and by that name shall have perpetual succession;
may sue and be sued; may purchase, hold and dispose of real,
personal and mixed property for the use and benefit of said town,
and may have and use a common seal, which may be altered at
pleasure.

Ibid.

56. Said commissioners shall be five in number, and shall be
elected on the first Monday in May, annually; all the male inhab-
itants of said town, citizens of the United States, above twenty-
one years of age, who shall have bona fide resided in the town
one year next preceding the election at which they shall offer to
vote, shall be entitled to vote for said commissioners.