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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the Code of Public General Laws of the State of Maryland

be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to

read as follows :

SEC. 49. The said commissioners shall deliver to the

Statement

treasurer a statement of the taxes levied for making said

of taxes
for making

ditches with the sums which each person is bound to pay;

ditches

and such tax or assessment made and returned to and con-

firmed by the county commissioners shall remain in full

force for the term of ten years from such confirmation and

shall be the proportion or basis upon which other and

further taxe.s may be levied by the managers for all neces-

sary purposes for cutting and making or for cleansing and

repairing such ditches.

Effective

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

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7th, 1892.

CHAPTER 650.

AN ACT authorizing and empowering the burgess and com-

missioners of Boonsborough in Washington County, Mary-

land, to contract for, and purchase a supply of water for

said corporation.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That the burgess and commissioners of Boons-

Water
supply.

borough in Washington County, be and they are hereby

authorized and empowered to contract for, and purchase

from the Boousborough Water Company, a supply of water

for the use of said corporation of Boonsborough.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the annual sum of money

Cost

to be paid by said corporation of Boonsborough for said

supply of water, shall not exceed the sum of seven hundred

dollars, and the period for said contract shall not exceed

ten years.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said burgess and

commissioners of Boonsborough, be, and they are hereby

Levy tax.

authorized and empowered to levy an annual tax, in addition

to the corporation's ordinary taxes, for the sum of money

that shall be named in said contract, during the continuance

of said contract, and to pay the same annually to said

Boonsborough Water Company. Provided that a majority

Proviso.

of the qualified voters of said corporation of Boonsborough

shall by ballot approve the provisions of this act at a

special election in said Boonsborough or at the next suc-