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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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Authorized
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be erected upon any other or different lot than the
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to select oth-
er ground
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one upon which the present jail for said county
stands, then the said county commissioners are here-
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by authorized and empowered to purchase such
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ground or grounds as may be required for the erec-
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tion of such jail.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of
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defraying the expenses of the erection of said build-
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May borrow
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ing and the purchase of said grounds, the said county
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sum required
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commissioners are authorized and empowered to
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borrow, from time to time, the required sum of mon-
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ey, not exceeding in the whole the sum of twelve
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thousand dollars.
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SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That said
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county commissioners be and they are hereby au-
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thorized and empowered to issue bonds in sums of
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Issue bonds.
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not less than one hundred dollars nor more than
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one thousand dollars, to be signed by the president
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of said board of county commissioners and counter-
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signed by the clerk of said board, not exceeding
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twelve thousand dollars, said bonds to bear interest,
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payable semi-annually, on the first day of January
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and on the first day of July ; provided due notice
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shall be given in the papers of the county inviting
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Invite propo-
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proposals for the purchase of said bonds, and the
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sals.
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same shall be disposed of to the highest cash bidder,
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and for not less than the par value thereof, and the
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said bonds shall be exempt from county and muni-
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cipal taxation.
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SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That said bonds shall
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When paya-
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be issued, payable ten years from the date thereof,
and redeemable at any time after the expiration of
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ble
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three years from the date thereof, at the pleasure of
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said county commissioners.
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SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said
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county commissioners shall, in each and every year,
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levy upon the assessable property in Talbot county,
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Gradually re-
tire bonds.
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such sum of money as may be necessary to pay the
interest on the outstanding bonds by them issued
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under the provisions of this act, as the same shall fall
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due, and also such further and additional sum as
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may be required to gradually retire and redeem such
bonds, until they shall all have been redeemed.
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