860 CECIL COUNTY. [ART. 8.

and to assess and levy, not exceeding two-thirds of the cost
thereof, in equal proportions, upon the lots fronting upon that
part of the street so paved, on each side thereof, rateably, accord-
ing to the number of front feet; and the remaining part, or all,
as the case may be, of the cost, they shall levy upon the general
assessable property of the town; they shall also have power to
make culverts under the streets in the town, and to make
culverts or drains across the property lying on the westerly
side of Main street, so as to carry the water from said street into
the Susquehanna river; and in case they shall fail to agree with
the owners of the property through which the culverts or drains
are to be made, or said owners shall be incompetent to contract,
or reside out of Cecil county, then the land necessary for the
construction of said culverts or drains shall be condemned as
provided in section 265.

1874, ch. 216.

267. The president and commissioners may borrow on the
faith of said corporation any sum of money not exceeding fifteen
thousand dollars, and issue therefor the bonds of said corporation,
signed by the president, sealed with the seal of the corporation,
and attested by the clerk; said bonds to bear interest at the rate
of six per cent, per annum, and to be in sums ranging from one
hundred to one thousand dollars, and payable at such times as
they may direct; provided, that no bonds shall be issued payable
at any period longer than twenty years from the date of issue;
aaid bonds to be exempt from taxation for county and municipal
purposes; and the president and commissioners shall have power
to subscribe, out of the money arising from the sale of said bonds,
such sum as they may deem proper for the capital stock of any
corporation hereafter formed for the purpose of supplying the
town with pure water and gas, or to loan to such corporation, out
of said moneys, such sum as they may deem proper, the said cor-
poration securing the same in such manner as to the president
and commissioners may seem safe and proper.

Ibid.

268. The president and commissioners may, on application of
any person holding a lot in said town, have the same surveyed
and the limits thereof established by a committee of three of