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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That said bonds shall

be issued pay able fif teen years from the date thereof,

When payable.

and redeemable at any time after the expiration of

five years from the date thereof, at the pleasure of

the county commissioners.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said

county commissioners shall, in each and every year,

levy upon the assessable property in Dorchester

county, such sum of money as may be necessary to

pay the interest on the outstanding bonds by them

issued under the provisions of this act as the same

shall fall due, and in addition to the annual interest,

after five years from the date of issuing said bonds,

Levy upon as-

they shall levy in each and every year such further

sessable prop-
erty.

and additional sums as may be required to gradually

retire and redeem such bonds until they shall all

have been redeemed; and, provided further, that

after the lapse of the said five years, they shall not

levy in each and every year less than one-tenth of

the original principal sum of said bonds for their

redemption.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the

money raised by the issue and sale of bonds under

the provisions of this act shall be kept and designated

as the "jail fund," and shall be applied exclusively

How kept and
designated.

to the cost of the erection of the said new jail and

the purchase of the new grounds therefor; and the

said tax authorized by this act shall be collected as

all other taxes are collected in said county.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That should

the said county commissioners determine to erect

said building at any other or different place than

upon the lot now occupied by the present jail of said

Disagreement
— how settled.

county, and the said county commissioners and the

owner or owners of said ground or grounds desired

for the erection of such buildings shall not be able to

agree upon the price of such real estate, or in case

the owner or owners of the same, or any of them, be

feme covert, infant or non-compos mentis, the presi-

dent of said board of county commissioners shall

make application to the clerk of the Circuit Court

Clerk to issue

for Dorchester county, who shall thereupon issue a

writ.

writ ad quad damnum, under his hand and seal

of office, directed to the sheriff of Dorchester county,

requiring him to summon twenty persons, qualified

to act as jurors, not interested in the property to be