LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That said bridge shall be con-
etructed in a substantial and workmanlike manner, and to be
not less than eighteen feet in width, and having a suitable
" draw " placed therein for the passage of vessels.

Width of
bridge.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That at any time after the con-
struction of said bridge should Baltimore city or Baltimore,
county deem said bridge a necessary adjunct to Light-street
bridge, the same may be acquired for the purpose of establish-
ing a free public highway, without condemnation proceedings,
upon paying the owner or owners of said bridge the actual cost
of its construction, which cost shall be determined by advertis-
ing for ten days in three daily newspapers of Baltimore city
for proposals to construct said bridge, the contract to be awarded
to the lowest responsible bidder, and copies of the contract to
be tiled with the Commissioner of Baltimore city and the Com-
missioners of Baltimore county before the work of construc-
tion begins.

Bight to pur-
chase bridge.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 4, 1896.

CHAPTER 407.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article eighty-one of the
Code of Public General Laws, title " Revenue and Taxes,"
to come in after Section sixty-four, and to be entitled Sec-
tion sixty-four A, providing for the payment of State taxes,
when the property of corporations is sold under judicial
process or otherwise.

Effective.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, Thut section sixty-four of article eighty-one of the Code
of Public General Laws of Maryland, be and the same is
hereby amended by adding thereto section sixty-four A, as
follows :

New section.

64 A. Whenever a sale of either real or personal property of
a corporation, from which State taxes are due and payable,
shall be made by any sheriff, constable, trustee, receiver or
other ministerial officer, under judicial process or otherwise,
all sums due and in arrears for State taxes from the corpo-
ration whose property is sold, shall be first paid and satisfied,

Payment of
State taxes.