ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

bidder or bidders for said work, in whole or in
part, and to levy a sum of money not to exceed
five hundred dollars to pay for all of said im-
provements.

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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall
be null and void in case the territory within
mentioned should become annexed to the city
of Baltimore under the provisions of an act, en-
titled an act to extend the limits of the city of
Baltimore, passed at January session, eighteen
hundred and eighty-eight.

Approved April 5, 1888.

Chapter 452.

AN ACT to provide for the opening, construc-
tion, repair and improvement of the public
roads in Anne Arundel county.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General As-

Null and void.

sembly of Maryland, That the county commis-
sioners of said county be and they are hereby
directed to keep a separate account of all ex-
penses incurred for opening, constructing, im-
proving or repairing the public roads in each
election district thereof.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said county

Separate ac-
counts.

commissioners shall provide for the payment of
said road expenses by levying upon the assess-
able property in each election district of said
county a tax sufficient to pay the said expenses
incurred as aforesaid for the opening, improve-
ment, construction and repair of the public
roads in the respective election districts of said
county.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said

Provide for
payment.

county commissioners shall not levy any road
tax upon the assessable property in any election
district of said county, except to pay for the
opening, construction, improvement and repair
of the public roads of said county in such elec-
tion district ; provided, however, that whenever
any public road forms the divisional line be-
tween two or more election districts, the ex-

Road-tax—
how levied.