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trict, on the easterly side of and binding upon the county
road leading from the town of Quantico to Rewastico Mills,
containing one hundred and ninety-seven acres of land, more
or less, being the same property that was conveyed to the
County Commissioners of Wicomico county by Levin T. H.
Irving, trustee, by deed dated October 20, 1871, and recorded
among the land records of said Wicomico county, Liber T. F.
J. R. No. 3, folio 24, and to convey the said property to the
purchaser or purchasers thereof; provided, that before the
said County Commissioners shall sell said property at
private sale, that the said commissioners shall offer the said
property for sale at public auction, after having given notice
for at least three successive weeks in some newspaper
printed in said Wicomico county, of the time, place, manner
and terms of sale, and that the said property shall not be
sold at private sale for a less sum than the highest bid
offered therefor at public auction.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That if the said County Com-
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Authorized to
sell the
county
almshouse
farm.
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missioners shall sell the whole of said property, then the
County Commissioners aforesaid are authorized and required
to purchase other property in said Wicomico county, and to
erect suitable buildings thereon for the care and mainte-
nance of the needy poor and insane people of said county.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 3, 1906.
CHAPTER 443.
AN ACT to pay to the School Commissioners of Garrett
County a sum of money out of the State School Tax.
WHEREAS, In view of the pressure of the present oppor-
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May purchase
other
property.
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tionment, especially upon Garrett county, of the State school
tax, and her inability without larger increase of county tax-
ation to keep her schools open for seven and one-half
months; and in view of the fact that mountain ridges so
divide the population of Garrett county, the largest county
in the State in area, as to render school facilities for all of,
the children more expensive than in more central parts of
the State; and
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