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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Baltimore city ; and the said Mayor and City Coun-

cil of Baltimore and the County Commissioners of

Anne Arundel county, are hereby authorized and

empowered to acquire by inquisition, purchase or

Materials

otherwise, all the lands and materials necessary for

necessary.

the construction of the said bridge and its abutments,
and for necessary roads leading to and from the same,

for the convenience of public travel ; and said bridge,

when built, shall be maintained and kept in proper

repair by the said Mayor and City Council of Balti-

more, and the County Commissioners of Anne

As a free

Arundel county, as a free bridge ; provided, that the

bridge.

entire cost, to said city and county, of said bridge

and abutments, together with the cost of the neces-

sary lands and roads leading to and from the same,

shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum of forty

thousand dollars.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That there

Appointed

shall be appointed annually some competent person

annually.

to act as bridge keeper, whose duty it shall be to at-

tend to the opening and closing of the draw of said

bridge so purchased or built when required, and also

to attend to such other duties in regard to keeping

said bridge in safe and proper condition for public

Bridge keeper

travel ; and the said bridge keeper shall receive for

his services such compensation as the said Mayor

and City Council of Baltimore and the County

Commissioners of Anne Arundel county shall think

just and proper, to be provided for in their annual

Shall be made

levy, which appointment shall be made the first year,

and on the first day of April every second year

thereafter, by the Mayor and City Council of Balti-

more, and on the first day of April in every alter-

nate year by the County Commissioners of Anne

Arunel county.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the

Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and the

County Commissioners of Anne Arundel county be

Directed to

and they are hereby authorized and directed to levy on

levy.

the assessable property of Baltimore city and Anne

.

Arundel county, the former on the assessable prop-

erty of Baltimore city and the latter on the assess-

able property of Anne Arundel county, in such man-

ner and at such time or times as they may deem

best, such sums of money as may be necessary to