WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1317

recovered in such suits, actions or prosecutions for the
breach of any rule, ordinance or regulation of the Commis-
sioners of Mardela Springs before the Judge of the People's
Court of Wicomico County shall be collected by the said
Judge and paid over to the Commissioners every month,
and in the event of failure of the said Judge to account for
any of said collection, he shall be fined and pay not less
than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) to be imposed and
collected as other fines imposed by the penal laws of this
State.

153. (Supervisor) There may be appointed annually
by the Commissioners, preferably from among the resi-
dents of the said town, one person as supervisor, whose
duty it shall be to superintend the improvement of the
town, and who shall perform such other duties as the
Commissioners may prescribe, and he shall be allowed
such compensation as shall be fixed by them.

154. (Debt Limit) The Commissioners shall not ex-
pend, or contract to expend, in any one fiscal year more
money than the amount received from taxes and other
sources during that year, except from special assessments
and for the erection of buildings or purchase of equipment
for municipal purposes. Any expenditure for the erection
of buildings or the purchase of equipment exceeding Two
Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) shall be submitted to the
vote of the voters of the town either at regular or special
election and shall have received a favorable vote of a
majority of the votes cast before such expenditure shall
be made. Provided further that the Commissioners shall
be authorized and required to create and maintain a sinking
fund for the repayment of any expenditure in excess of the
amount received from taxes and other sources in any one
fiscal year.

155. (Assessable Basis-Exceptions to) No part of any
farm lands which are included within the corporate limits
shall be taxed hereunder without the consent of the owners
so long as said farm lands shall be used for agricultural
purposes. Provided, however, that any farm lands not
previously taxed shall be taxable by the Commissioners
if said land be sub-divided into buildling lots, regardless
of the use thereafter of all or part of the land so sub-
divided for agricultural purposes.

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155A The Commissioners of Mardela Springs, Maryland,
are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to establish