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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and for all such carriages drawn by oxen in the
whole or partly by horses and partly by oxen, or
by mules, shall be charged the same as horses in
the charge of said tollage.

In force.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

CHAPTER 169.

Passed Feb,
8, 1866.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the county
commissioners of Queen Anne's county to levy a
tax of one thousand dollars on the taxable proper-
ty of said county, to construct a causeway from
the firm land to the bridge which spans Chester
River at Crumpton.

Authorized to
levy.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the county commissioners of
Queen Anne's county, be and they are hereby au-
thorized and empowered in their discretion, to levy
on the taxable property of said county, a sum not
exceeding, one thousand dollars, to be applied to
the construction of a causeway from the firm land
to the bridge constructed across Chester river, at
Crumpton, and to have the same collected as in
manner now provided for collection of other
county taxes.

To advertise.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That should said
county commissioners, in the exercise of their
sound discretion, determine to, and should they
levy such a tax, then they are hereby required to
advertise in four successive issues of each of
the two newspapers now published in the town of
Centreville, for proposals to construct said cause-
way, and they are hereby empowered to contract

Proviso.

with the party making the lowest bid; provided,
he can give satisfactory bond for the faithful per-
formance of the work, and if not, then with any of