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CHAP. 447.
Compelled to
labor one
day in every
year on
public street
etc.
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to labor one day of ten hours in every year on the public
streets of eaid town; provided, however, no person shall be
required to labor as aforesaid who may furnish a substitute
or pay to the bailiff the sum of one dollar in lieu of said
labor, and any person wlio shall refuse to obey the summons
of the bailiff for labor on the public streets shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon complaint made by the
bailiff, shall be arrested and taken before a justice of the
peace for Caroline county upon a warrant to be issued by said
justice, and upon proof of such summons, and failure or refusal
to obey the same shall be fined not less than one dollar and
not more than five dollars, and all costs of such proceedings,
and to be committed to the jail of Caroline county until such
fine and costs are paid.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 8, 1902.
CHAPTER 448.
AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners of Dor-
chester county to aid in the erection and construction of a
hospital building in the town of Cambridge, to borrow
money on tho credit of said county, to aid in the erection
and construction of said building, to protect them in the
donation of payment, to issue coupon bonds therefor, and
to levy and collect on and from the assessable property of
said county an annual tax sufficient to pay bonds when they
mature, and the interest thereon as it becomes due.
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Authority to
issue bonds.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the County Commissioners of Dorchester
county be and they are hereby authorized and empowered in
their discretion to issue bonds to an amount not exceeding tive
thousand dollars in sums not less than one hundred
nor more than five hundred dollars each, to be signed by the
president of the board of said County Commissioners, and
countersigned by the clerk of said board ; said bonds to bear
interest at a rate not exceeding four per cent, per annum,
payable semi-annually on the first day of January and July in
each and every year during which bonds may run and remain
unpaid ; and the coupons for interest on said bonds shall be
receivable by the. collectors of taxes for said county in pay-
ment of county taxes, and said bonds shall be exempt from all
taxation.
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