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LAWS OP MARYLAND.

able twenty years from the date thereof, and redeemable at any

Shall

time after the expiration of ten years from date, at the pleasure

exempt.

of the said commissioners of Mechanicstowu, and shall be exempt

from county and municipal taxation.

SEC. 4. And le it enacted, That the commissioners of Mechanics-

town shall provide annually out of the usual tax levy, an amount

To levy

sufficient to pay the interest on said bonds, and they shall set

apart the further sum of forty dollars annually to be invested in

such securities as they may select, to create a sinking fund for

the redemption of said bonds.

SEC. 5. And le it enacted, That the said bonds shall be sold by

To adver-

the said commissioners of Mechanicstown at not less than their

tise.

face value for cash, after giving at least three weeks' notice by

advertisement in at least two newspapers published in Frederick

county.

SEC. 6. And le it enacted, That at a municipal election to be

held in Mechanicstown at such time and place as may be fixed

by an ordinance of said commissioners of Mechanicstown. the

qualified voters of Mechanicstown shall determine by ballot

whether the bonds hereinbefore provided, for shall be issued or

not; at which said election there may be written or printed on

the ballots of said voters the words "For issue of bonds," or

To deter-

"Against issue of bonds," and if a majority of the ballots cast

mine by
ballot.

shall contain the words "For issue of bonds," then this act shall

become operative and binding, but if a majority of said ballots

shall contain the words "Against issue of bonds," then this act

shall be void and of no effect, and the judge of said municipal

election shall return to the president of the board of commis-

sioners of Mechanicstown the number of ballots cast "For issue

of bonds," and "Against issue of bonds," respectively, and the

said president shall announce the result thereof.

Effective.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from

the date of its passage.

Approved April 3, 1890.

CHAPTER 285.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the sheriff of Garrett county

to employ a warden for the county jail of said county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

Warden.

That the sheriff of Garrett county be and he is hereby authorized

and empowered to employ some suitable person as warden to the

county jail of Garrett county whenever a prisoner or prisoners

may be confined in said jail, and the services of such warden are