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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and redeemable at any time after the expiration of

When redeema-

ten years from the date thereof, at the pleasure of

ble.

the Mayor and Common Council of Westminster, and

the said bonds shall be consecutively numbered as the

same shall be issued.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said sum of

twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much therefor as

may be necessary for this purpose, shall be, by the

Funds — how

said mayor and common council, used and applied

used and ap-
plied.

exclusively to the payment of the costs and expenses

of paving, grading or macadamizing, and in construc-

tion of sewers in such street or streets in said city of

Westminster as the said mayor and common council

may order and direct.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said mayor

and common council be and they are hereby author-

ized and required, in each and every year, to levy and

Levy special

tax.

collect a special tax, not exceeding ten cents on every

one hundred dollars worth of the taxable property, of

all kinds and description liable to assessment and

taxation within the corporate limits of the city of

Westminster, to pay the interest on the outstanding

bonds, by them issued under the provisions of this

act, as the same shall fall due, and to gradually redeem

and retire such bonds until they shall all have been

redeemed and retired; and the proceeds of such tax

shall be paid to the said mayor and common council,

How applied.

and forthwith by them applied to the redemption of

said bonds, when and as soon as they shall become

redeemable, and the said taxes are hereby inviolably

to the payment of the interest and principal of said

bonds.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the mayor

and common council of Westminster be and they are

hereby authorized and empowered to take the sense of

the people of the city of Westminster, in relation to the

issuing of the bonds provided for in this act, by sub-

mitting the question to the qualified voters of said

Submit ques-

city, on such day and at said place, and between such

tion to voters.

hours of the day, as the said mayor and common

council may order and direct, which shall be not more

than thirty days after the passage of this law; and at

such election the qualified voters of said city are

authorized to cast a ballot " For paving or macada-

mizing streets and construction of sewers," or a bal-

lot "Against paving or macadamizing streets and con-