LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

southerly to the line of district number nineteen, and with the
lines of district number nineteen, reversed to the Legislative
road aforesaid, and then with said Legislative road to the point
Of beginning.

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SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from
the date of its passage.
Approved April 9, 1898.

CHAPTER 416.
AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners of Dor-
chester County to borrow money on the credit of the county
for the purpose of constructing a bridge across the north-
west fork of the Nanticoke River, in said county, at a point
called Crotcher's Ferry, placing a draw therein ; to give
their bonds or bills obligatory for the payment of the same,
and to levy taxes on the assessable property of said county,
to redeem said bonds or bills obligatory and to pay the
interest thereon.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the County Commissioners of Dorchester county

Effective.

be and they are hereby authorized and empowered in their

discretion to contract for the constructing of a bridge across
the northwest fork of the Nanticoke river, in said county, at a
point railed Crotcher's Ferry, and the placing of a draw
therein, so as to provide better facilities for navigation, as well
as for the safety and convenience of the public in passing over
said bridge ; and for the purpose of paying for said bridge,
the said County Commissioners are hereby authorized to
borrow, on the credit of said county, such sum or sums of
money as may be necessary, not exceeding in all the sum of
five thousand dollars, and to give their bonds, notes or bills
obligatory, therefor, in sums of not more than one thousand
dollars each, to be signed by the president of the Board of
said Commissioners, and to be countersigned by the county
treasurer of said county, and have the corporate seal of said
Commissioners affixed thereto, bearing interest not exceeding
six per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually, on the first
day of January and of July in each and every year.

Contract for
the con-
struction of
a bridge.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That said bonds, notes or
bills obligatory, shall be redeemable at the pleasure of said
County Commissioners at or before the maturity thereof, and

then
redeemable.