ROBERT 11. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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Chapter 183.

AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners of

Prince George county, upon the petition of thirty

or more land owners within any district, to levy on

the assessable property within such district, in

addition to the annual levy, a special tax of not

more than ten cents in the hundred dollars, for the

improvement of the roads in such district.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That in addition to the proper protec-

tion of the general road tax levied annually for ordi-

nary expenses of roads and bridges within Prince

George's county, the county commissioners shall have

power, in their discretion, upon the petition of thirty

Levy additional

or more land owners in any district, to levy upon the

special tax.

assessable property within such district an additional

special tax of not more than ten cents in the hundred

dollars, to be collected as other county taxes, and to

be expended under the direction of the county com-

missioners for the improvement of the roads and

bridges within said district.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

Effective.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1884.

Chapter 183.

AN ACT to give the sanction of the Legislature of

Maryland to a certain bequest in the last will and

testament of Catharine A. John, to the trustees of

the Methodist Episcopal Church in Elkton.

WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly

that the last will and testament of Catharine A. John,

late of Cecil county, deceased, contains the following

Preamble.

bequest : " I hereby direct my executor hereinafter

named to pay to the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal