FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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190. The board of street commissioners shall have charge
of all repairs and improvements of the streets, alleys, high- 1
ways, lanes, squares, sewers, sanitary sewers, drains and water
courses of the town; they shall have control of the expendi-
ture of all money appropriated by the mayor and council,
together with the special improvement fund provided in
sections 196 and 197, and of the drainage fund provided in
sections 201 and 202 of this sub-title of this article, and of all
the money credited to street repairs and improvements
derived from fines and licenses under section 171, and the
levy of ten cents as provided in section 195; shall have power
to expend said money whenever in their judgment the same
may be needed, with full power to make contracts and employ
labor at such compensation as they shall determine; and in no
case shall the beard of street commissioners expend in any
one year a larger sum in repairs and improvements than the
amount appropriated therefor.

Hoard of
street com-
missioners
to have full
charge.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the following additional
sections be added to article twenty -two of the Code of Public
Local Laws, entitled "Washington County," sub-title "Hagers
town," to follow section two hundred and five of said article
twenty-two, and to be known and designated as sections two
hundred and tive "A," two hundred and five "B," two
hundred and five "C," two hundred and five "D," two hun-
dred and tive hundred "E," and two hundred and tive "F,"
of said article twenty-two, and to read as follows :

Mew sections.

205 A. The mayor and council are authorized and em-
powered to borrow a sum of money, not exceeding three
thousand dollars, on the faith and credit of the town, as here-
inafter provided, which shall be known and designated as the
Fire Improvement Loan, and which shall be applied and used
exclusively for the construction of a tire alarm system for the
town of Hagerstown; and warrants for the expenditure of the
same shall be drawn by the mayor and council as provided in
section 167.

City may bor-
row money.

205 B. To provide for borrowing the money as authorized
by the preceding section, the mayor and council are em-
powered to issue bonds in such denominations as they may
determine; said bonds to be signed by the mayor and attested
by the clerk to the mayor and council, with the seal of the
town attached, and registered in a book to be kept by the said
clerk, and to bear interest at the rate of four per cent, per
annum, payable on the first days of January and July, in each

May issue
bonds.