806 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 28,

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore and the County Commissioners of
Anne Arundel county, be and they are hereby authorized
and directed, to levy on the assessable property of Baltimore
city and Anne Arundel county, the former on the assessable
property of Baltimore city, and the latter on the assessable
property of Anne Arundel county, in such manner and at
such time or times as they may deem best, such sums of
money as may be necessary to carry out and secure
the provisions of this Act, the expense thereof to be
paid and borne equally by said city and county. A portion
thereof at least to be levied at their regular annual levy for
the present year.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the cost of maintain-
ing said bridge so purchased or built, and keeping it in safe
repair and condition for public travel, shall be paid in equal
proportions by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
and the County Commissioners of Anne Arundel cuunty,
and they are hereby authorized to levy upon the assessable
property of the said city or county, as the case may be, such
sums as may be necessary, from time to time, to defray said
costs in the proportions aforesaid.

Section 6. And be it further enacted, That the County
Commissioners of Baltimore couuty, upon being notified in
writing of the intention of the said Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore, and the County Commissioners of Anne Arun-
del county, to build the bridge as provided for in the pre-
ceding Section of this Act, shall cause immediate action to
be taken towards opening and constructing a suitable county
road or street, from the northermost terminus of said bridge
along the most direct and practicable route to the city limits
to intersect Russell street extended, said road or street to be
opened and constructed by the said County Commissioners of
Baltimore county, and paid for as other county roads or
streets are opened and paid for under the road or street law
of Baltimore county then in force ; provided, however, that
nothing contained in this Act shall prevent the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, or the State of Maryland, from
condemning said Light Street Bridge as a nuisance, at any
time hereafter, whenever the same may become such, or
whenever it may, to any serious extent, interfere with free
navigation to and from "Spring Garden," or middle river
branch of the Patapsco river ; but before the removal there-
of in pursuance of such condemnation, the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, and the County Commissioners of Anne
Arundel county, shall provide for the continuance of free
and safe travel between Baltimore city and Anne Arundel
couuty aforesaid, either by establishing a free, permanent