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CHAPTER 264.
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AN ACT to amend article twenty-four, of the Public Local Laws
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of Maryland, entitled "Worcester county," sub-title "Pocomoke,"
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by adding new sections two hundred and sixteen, two hundred
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and seventeen, two hundred and eighteen, two hundred and
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nineteen and two hundred and twenty.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted ly the General Assembly of Maryland,
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That article twenty-four, of the Code of Public Local Laws of
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To amend
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Maryland, entitled "Worcester county," sub-title "Pocomoke," to
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be amended by adding thereto new sections to follow section two
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hundred and fifteen, to be known as "two hundred and sixteen,
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two hundred and seventeen, two hundred and .eighteen, two hun-
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dred and nineteen and two hundred and twenty, and to read as
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follows :
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SEC. 216. The commissioners of Pocomoke city shall publish
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annually a full and complete itemized statement of their receipts
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Publish.
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and disbursements in some newspaper published in Worcester
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county, said statement to be inserted once only, and at least one
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week before the annual levy.
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SEC. 217. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of paying
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the costs and expenses already incurred in the condemnation of
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certain real estate in said Pocomoke city for street purposes, and
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in the purchase of a fire-engine for said town, the commissioners
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aforesaid are empowered to borrow money not exceeding five
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thousand dollars on the faith and credit of said town, and to
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issue bonds of indebtedness in denominations of five hundred dol-
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lars, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum per
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Bonds.
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annum payable annually, the first bond to be made payable in
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five years from the date of issue, then after five years one bond
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shall fall due every year, or in whatever time it may be necessary
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to pay the same according to the amount borrowed, said bonds
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shall be numbered and be redeemed as numbered, commencing
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with number one, and the commissioners shall levy a special tax
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annually to meet and pay the interest on said bonds, and a special
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tax the year preceding to meet and pay the bonds as they shall
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become due, and all taxes shall be due immediately on the strik-
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