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bridge in such manner as said commissioners may deem

proper ; and for the purpose of paying for the said repairs

and improvements to said bridge, the said County Commis-

Borrow

sioners are hereby authorized to borrow on the credit of said

money

county such siim or sums of money as may be necessary, not

and issue
bonds

exceeding in all the sum of five thousand dollars, and to

give their bonds, notes or bills obligatory therefor in sums.

of not more than one thousand dollars each, to be signed by

the president of the board of said commissioners, and to be

countersigned by the county treasurer of said county, and

have the corporate seal of said commissioners affixed thereto,

bearing interest not exceeding six per cent, per annum, pay-

able semi-annually on the first day of January and of July

in each and every year from the date thereof until the

same are paid.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That said bonds, notes

Bonds—

or bills obligatory shall be redeemable at the pleasure of

when

the said County Commissioners at or before the maturity

payable.

thereof, and shall be made payable at such times that not

more than one thousand dollars thereof shall mature in

any one year.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the County

Commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to

Levy tax

levy annually upon the assessable property of Dorcliester

County a tax sufficient to pay the semi-annual interest on

said bonds, notes or bills obligatory by them issued in pur-

suance of this act, and they shall also levy when necessary

such additional sum or sums as may be reqnitite to pay the

principal of said bonds, notes or bills obligatory as the

same may accrue when due.

Effective.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 10th, 1892.

CHAPTER 83.

AN ACT to repeal section 37 of article 19 of the Code of

Public General Laws, title "Comptroller," and to re-

enact with an amendment.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Repealed

land, That section 37 of article 19 of the Code of Public

and
re-enacted.

General Laws, title " Comptroller," be and the same is here-

by repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows :

SEC. 37. The Comptroller is authorized and empowered

to adjust and settle the claims of the State against all col-