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LAWS OF MARYLAND

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That upon the

Forever free

said bridge, as herebefore provided for, being erected,
the same shall forever thereafter be maintained as a

bridge.

free bridge by the said respective county commis-

sioners, at the equal charge of said counties.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

Effective.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 2, 1880.

CHAPTER 142.

AN ACT to authorize the Mayor and City Council

of the city of Havre-de-Grace to sell certain lots

in said city.

WHEREAS a number of lots in the city of Havre-

de-Grace, which were disposed of by lottery previous

to eighteen hundred and forty, have not been

Preamble.

claimed, nor the taxes thereon paid by those draw-

ing them as prizes in said lottery, and some other

lots, of which the legal owners, or their legal repre-

sentatives, cannot be ascertained by the assessors of

said city ; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted ly the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That the Mayor and City Council

of the city of Havre-de-Grace are hereby authorized

Clerk to ad-

to direct their clerk to advertise the numbers and

vertise.

squares of all such lots, as were assessed at their last

assessment, as lots which the assessors were unable

Four weeks.

to find legal owners for, in each newspaper published
in Harford county, once a week for four weeks,

notifying that unless the taxes due on said lots shall
be paid by the legal owners, or their legal repre-

sentatives, to the treasurer of said city, (within the

space of thirty days after the publication of the no-

tice is completed), each of the lots so charged shall

be sold to the highest bidder for the payment of the

same ; in all cases where the taxes shall not be paid