FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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and the mayor and council shall provide for the interest on

the loan, and for the redemption of a part of the bonds at

maturity by levying a special tax not to exceed ten cents on

the hundred dollars annually ; and may refund such portion

of the debt at maturity as may not be provided for by this

special tax ; and this special tax shall be applied solely to

the purpose for which it is collected ; and the said bonds

shall be negotiated at par, and all taxes shall be due from

the date of their levy, the first regular meeting in January

in each and every year.

SEC. 27. And be it enacted, That the mayor and council

shall cause every male citizen of the town over the age of

Work on

twenty-one years to be enrolled as provided in section four-

streets.

teen of this act, and to work on the streets and alleys of

said town, under the supervision of the policeman not less

than two days in each and every year, or furnish an able

substitute or pay to the policeman the sum of one dollar a

year ; and if any person as a aforesaid, shall fail after

receiving notice from the policeman one day before hand to

appear for work, or provide a substitute in his stead, or pay

the sum of one dollar on or before the day of his appearance

unless for good cause excused by the policeman, the said

person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic-

tion thereof before the mayor, shall be fined one dollar and

he cost of prosecution, and stand committed to the lockup,

or county jail, until fine and costs are paid ; or the council

may provide by ordinance that in default of payment of fine

and costs, the offender may in the discretion of the mayor

be committed to the custody of the policeman to hard labor

on the streets not to exceed five days.

SEC. 28. And be it enacted, That the mayor and council

shall have the power to employ all labor, or authorize the

Employ

policeman to do so, that may be necessary, and to make all

labor.

contracts for public improvements and to fix the price to be

paid for them.

SEC. 29. And be it enacted, That the mayor and council

shall publish annually, by printed hand bills or otherwise,
a full and complete tabulated statement of their receipts

Statement
of receipts.

and disbursements, at least one week before the annual

levy ; and the clerk to the council shall be charged with

the duty of furnishing said statement.

SEC. 30. And be it enacted, That the commissioners now

in office, shall remain and continue to be commissioners of

Pocomoke City until the first election under this act and

Commis-
sioners to

until their successors in the persons of mayor and council

remain
in office.

are elected and qualified, and all their acts shall have the