FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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217. All fines imposed by the said president and com-

missioners shall be collected in the same manner, as small

Fines.

debts, except as is in said sub-title otherwise provided.

220. Hereafter not less than two hundred and fifty dollars

of the annual levy by the County Commissioners of Cecil

County, for keeping in repair the highways in said county

County
commis-

as may be levied or taxed upou the assessable value of real

sioners to
turn over

and leasehold property within the limits of said town, shall

part of

be annually turned over to the president and commissioners

taxes

of said town, by the county commissioners aforesaid, and

belong to and become part of the income of said town, to

be by said president and commissioners of said town ap-

propriated for the repair and improvement of the public

highways or streets within the limits of said town ; and it

shall be the duty of the said county commissioners in esti-

mating for any annual levy to ascertain what proportion of

the said levy is applicable alone to the construction and re-

pair of highways within said county.

221. This act shall take effect from the date of its

passage; but the president and commissioners, and bailiff

and all other officers appointed by them now in office, shall

Effective

continue in office under the provisions of the existing

Hold over.

charter of said town until after the commissioners to be

elected hereafter shall have been elected and have qualified

when the term of said president and commissioners now in

office shall cease ; and all acts done and to be done by said

board of officers now in office, done according to the exist-

ing charter shall be valid until that time, and for that pur-

pose the existing charter shall continue to determine their

powers and duties.

Approved March 17th, 1892.