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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

ments of such road completely effected ; and the said Board

of County Commissioners shall have such power and author-

ity to condemn outlets for such drainage through private

property as is now or hereafter may be conferred by the

Code of Public General Laws of the State of Maryland for

condemning public highways and the said board are author-

ized to allow and pay said surveyor or engineer for his ser-

vices, four dollars per day for every day he may be actually

engaged in such service for the county.

SEC. 48 A. And be it further enacted, That in order to

Authorized

procure the money or money's necessary to adopt such sys-

to issue
bonds

tem of drainage and improvement of the public roads as

provided for in the foregoing section the Board of County

Commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to

issue from time to time and put on the market bonds to be

denominated, Somerset County Road Bonds, for an amount

not exceeding fifty thousand dollars in the aggregate which

bonds shall be issued in amounts of not less than one hun-

dred dollars for each bond, payable in forty years from the

date thereof and bearinginterest at the rate of four per cent.

per annum, the interest to be provided for by levy on the

assessable property of the' county each year after the same

or any part thereof have been issued and disposed of and

said bonds shall not be subject to taxation for State, county

and municipal purposes and after twenty years from the

date of said bonds, the said Board of County Commissioners

shall make provisions by levy annually for such amount as

may be necessary to meet and pay the principal of said bonds

at their maturity.

SEC. 48 B. And be it further enacted, That said Board of

County Commissioners shall be authorized and empowered

Power to
divide or

to divide any election district in Somerset County in which

district

there shall be over six hundred registered voters into two or

more voting precincts and to locate and provide the neces-

sary buildings and suitable accommodations for holding

elections and primaries therein.

SEC. 48 C. And be it enacted, That said Board of County

To

Commissioners be and they are hereby authorized and

preserve
records.

required to adopt such measures and expend such sums of

money as may be required or necessary to safely keep and

preserve from fire the present and future records, belonging

to Somerset County, in the office of register of wills and

clerks of the Circuit Court for Somerset County.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect

Effective

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7th, 1892.