ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

S. Walker, with the lands of the heirs of George
B. Westcott, on the public road leading from
Chestertown into Quaker Neck ; and thence with
the division line between said lands to Chester
river ; and thence easterly, by and with Chester

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river, to the beginning ; provided no taxes shall
be levied by the commissioners of Chestertown,
for corporate purposes, upon any real estate situ-
ated in the newly added portion of said town,
unless the same is divided into lots of an acre or
less in area, or has a dwelling-house or other
building thereon, and then not exceeding one
acre of such land, shall be taxed in addition to
the buildings ; and provided, no public street or
alley shall be opened, by said commissioners of
Chestertown, through the campus or garden, be-
longing and contiguous to Washington college,
without the authority and consent of the visitors
of said college being first obtained therefor.
SEC. 45. And beit enacted, That the clerk to the
board of commissioners of Chestertown may be

Proviso.

the collector of taxes for said town with the same
authority and power to receive and collect the
taxes that may be annually levied by said com-
missioners, by distress, or levy, and sale of either
real or personal property, as collectors of state
or county taxes, are now authorized ; provided
such levy and sale be conducted in accordance
with the same provisions of law that control and
direct the collection of state and county taxes
of delinquents in Kent county.
SEC. 56. And be it enacted, That the county
commissioners of Kent county shall annually,

Clerk to be
tax collector.

on or before the first day of January, pay over
to the commissioners of Chestertown, that pro-
portion of the entire county-levy for roads and
bridges which the total property assessed within
the limits of Chestertown bears to the whole
amount of assessed property in Kent county, so
that the commissioners of Chestertown may re-
ceive and disburse the amount levied upon the
property within the limits of Chestertown for
roads and bridges by said county commissioners
of Kent county.

Commission-
ers to pay. .

SEC. 56A. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 4, 1888.

Effective.