ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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Chapter 437.

AN ACT to authorize and require the county com-

missioners of Baltimore county to make a special

annual levy of ten cents on each one hundred dol-

lars of the assessable property in the thirteenth elec-

tion district of Baltimore county, for the purpose of

macadamizing the county roads in said district, if

fifty or more taxable residents of said district shall

petition therefor.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That the board of county commis-

sioners for Baltimore county, at the time of the annual

tax levy for this year, and each succeeding year, are

hereby authorized, directed and required to make a

special annual levy of ten cents on each one hundred

dollars of the whole assessable property of the thir-

teenth election district of Baltimore county, to be col-

Special road tax

lected as other county taxes in said county are collected,

and when collected, to be used by the county commis-

sioners exclusively for the purchase of stone or other

suitable hard materials for the purpose of macada-

mizing the county roads of said district; provided

fifty or more taxable residents of said district shall,

prior to each annual levy, petition the said county

commissioners asking such special levy to be made.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every tax-

payer of said district shall have the privilege of work-

ing out this special tax by hauling stones or other

Working out

suitable hard materials upon the county roads nearest

tax.

their farms or residences at such price per perch for

the same as may be fixed by the road commissioners

for said district, subject to the approval of the county

commissioners; and said road commissioners, immedi-

ately after the levy in each year shall, subject to the

approval of the county commissioners of Baltimore

county, fix a uniform price for said materials as far as

practicable, and whenever they are satisfied that any

taxpayer has fully worked out this special road tax,

they shall cause the chairman of the road commis-

sioners for said district to give such taxpayer a certif-

Give certificate

icate to that effect, which shall be received by the