ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 659
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Chapter 491.
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AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners of
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Frederick county to issue bonds for the payment of
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the money borrowed by the County Commissioners
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to buiild bridges in said county, and to substitute
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to the stock of Turnpikes in said county, for which
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the obligation of the county have been given, bear-
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ing interest at the rate of five per cent, per annum,
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and to collect taxes for the payment of such bonds
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and the interest thereon.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted By the General Assembly
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of Maryland, That the county commissioners of Fred-
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erick county be and they are hereby authorized and
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empowered to issue bonds in sums of not less than
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one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, to
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be signed by the president of the said board of county
commissioners, countersigned by the clerk of said
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Frederick coun-
ty bonds.
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board, not to exceed in the aggregate the amount of
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sixty-five thousand dollars, said bonds to bear interest,
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payable semi-annually on the first day of January and
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the first day of July in each and every year, at the rate
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of four per centum per annum; and the interest on
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said bonds shall be received by the collector of taxes
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for said county in payment of county taxes.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That said bonds shall
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be issued payable twenty years from the date thereof,
and be redeemable at any time after the expiration of
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When payable.
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five years from date, at the pleasure of said county
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commissioners.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That said bonds shall be
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Bold by said county commissioners at public sale to
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How sold.
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the highest responsible bidder therefor, for cash, after
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giving at least three weeks prior notice, and advertise-
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ment in two newspapers published in said county.
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SEO. 4. And be it enacted, That the said county
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commissioners shall, in each and every year, levy
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upon the assessable property in Frederick county such
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Levy for Inter-
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eum of money as may be necessary to pay the interest
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est and redemp-
tion.
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on the bonds by them issued in pursuance of this act,
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as the same shall fall due; and also after five years
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from the date of said bonds, such further and ad-
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