JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That annually, on the
first day of April next succeeding each levy of county taxes,
beginning with April the first, nineteen hundred and three,
the Board of County Commissioners of Worcester county,
shall pay to the Mayor and Council of Pocomoke City one-
half of all sums levied by said County Commissioners after
the passage of this Act, for road and bridge taxes upon prop-
erty within the corporate limits of Pocomoke City and
collected within the preceding twelve months, to be expended
by the Mayor and Council of Pocomoke City for the repair,
maintenance and improvement of the streets and roads within
the corporate limits of Pocomoke City, as a part of the public
roads of Worcester county.

CHAP. 185.

How to
be expended.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the words "Road
and Bridge" taxes as used in sections one, two and three of
this Act, shall include and embrace every sum or item in the
annual levy of county taxes applied to, or to be applied to the
supervision, maintenance or improvement of the county roads
and bridges, embracing labor appliances and materials, except
only such sums as are levied to the Pocomoke Bridge Com-
pany and the Ocean City Bridge Company.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 8, 1902.

CHAPTER 186.
AN ACT to add an additional Section to Article 22 of the
Code of Public Local Laws, title "Washington County,"
sub-title "County Commissioners," to be known and desig-
nated as Section 117 A.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

What the
words
"Roads and
Bridge" taxes
Includes and
embraces.

Maryland, That an additional section be added to the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Washington County,"
sub-title "County Commissioners," to be designated as section
117 A and to follow section 117, to read as follows:
117 A. The County Commissioners of Washington County
shall, when sitting as a local board of health, annually, in the

New section
added.

month of May, or as soon thereafter as practicable, appoint a
health officer who shall be a well-educated physician, and who
by virtue of such appointments shall be the secretary of such
board of health and the executive officer thereof; provided,
that the salary to be paid said health officer shall be fixed by
the County Commissioners at the time of his appointment, and
he shall not receive for his services any further compensation

Health
officer
appointed.