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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Managers of
bridge.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the County Commissioners
of Caroline and Talbot counties shall annually, at their first
meeting in May in each year, appoint one person for each
county, who shall be a land holder and a resident of the respec-
tive election district in each county in which said bridge may
be located. The said two persons so chosen shall elect a third
person as president, who shall be a resident and a land holder
of one of the election districts in which said bridge may be
located, and the said persons so chosen, shall act as a board to
superintend and manage the affairs of said bridge, under such
rules and regulations as the said board so constituted may pre-
scribe, and which shall have full and ample power for the
superintendence and management of said bridge, but who shall
serve without any compensation for their services.

To levy tax to
pay for
bridge.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the County Commissioners
of Caroline and Talbot counties, be and they are hereby author-
ized and empowered to levy on the assessable property of
Caroline and Talbot counties, such sum of money as may be
necessary to carry out and secure the provisions of this act, the
expenses thereof to be paid and borne one-half by Caroline
county, and the remaining one-half by Talbot county, to be
levied at their regular annual levy.

Cost of
repairs,
now to be
paid.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the cost of maintaining
the said bridge, and keeping it in safe repair and condition for
public travel, shall be paid in the same ratio as in the preced-
ing section, viz., one-half by Caroline county and by Talbot
county; and the County Commissioners of the aforesaid coun-
ties are hereby authorized and empowered to levy upon the
assessable property of their respective counties such sum of
money as may be necessary from time to time to defray said
cost in the proportion aforesaid.

Sanction of
county com-
missioners.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That none of provisions of this
act shall become operative until the same shall have received
the sanction of the Boards of the County Commissioners of
the counties aforesaid.

Effective.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 2d, 1896.