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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and Howard Counties be and they are hereby authorized

Bridge ovti

rand directed to construct a substantial bridge over the

Patapsco
River

Patapsco River from some suitable point on the Baltimore

County side at or near Ora,nge Grove Station to a suitable

point on the Howard County side, the position to be

determined by the commissioners of the two counties, the

object being to so locate said bridge that it will connect the

proposed extension of Wilkins' Avenue to Orange Grove

witli a road running from the Ilchester road to the Wash-

ington turnpike at Elkridge Landing ; and the said com-

missioners are hereby authorized and empowered to acquire

by inquisition, purchase, or otherwise all lands aud

materials necessary for the construction of said bridge aud

its abutments for the convenience of public travel ; and said

bridge when constructed shall be maintained aud kept in

To be free

proper repair by the said counties as a free bridge ; provided,

however, that the entire cost to said counties of said bridge

and abutments and the necessary land adjoining thereto

shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum of thirty thousand

dollars and all all be borne equally by the two counties.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That said bridge and abutments

How said

shall be built in the most secure and substantial manner

bridge
shall be

and shall be not less than eighteen feet wide, with railing

built.

on each side thereof not less than four feet high.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose

of carrying out the provisions of this act the County Com-

To carry

missioners of Baltimore County are hereby authorized and

out pro-
visions of

empowered to levy on assessable property of Baltimore

this act

County such sum or sums as may be necessary therefor,

not to exceed the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, in the

aggregate, provided, however, that such levy shall not be

made by the commissioners of Baltimore County until the

question of making it shall have been submitted by them

to the qualified voters of Baltimore County, as herein-

after provided, and a majority of the votes cast shall

have been in favor of making the levy for the pur-

poses herein declared; and the commissioners of Howard

County are hereby authorized and empowered to issue

bonds of Howard County to the amount of not more

than fifteen thousand dollars ; and said bonds shall be for

the sum of one thousand dollars each; and the principal of

said bonds shall be payable in twenty years from the date

of issue subject, however, to the right of said county at its

option to redeem any or all of its said bonds at any time

after the expiration of ten years from the date of issue and

said bonds shall bear interest at the rate of four per centum

per annum payable semi-annually, and shall have attached to