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water mains so as to furnish water facilities to the citizens
of any part of the additional limits, there and thereafter the
water tax of twenty cents on each one hundred dollars herein
referred to, shall be assessed and collected on the property
located in that portion of the additional limits so provided
with water mains.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its .passage.

Approved March 30, 1908.

CHAPTER 239.

AN ACT to amend article'21 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland, title "Talbot County," sub-title "St. Michaels,"
by adding thereto certain other sections, to be designated
and numbered as sections 196A, 196B, 196C, 196D and 196B,
respectively.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the following sections be added to article 21 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Talbot County,"
sub-title "St. Michaels," said sections to be designated and
numbered 196A, 196B, 196C, 196D and 196B, respectively.

SEC. 196A. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners of
St. Michaels shall have full power over the streets, lanes and
alleys of St. Michaels, and may grant franchises for the use
of the same upon such terms as may be beneficial to the inter-
ests of the town.

SEC. 196B. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners of St.
Michaels are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow on
the faith and credit of the town, and for the use of the town,
any sum or sums of money not exceeding in the aggregate one
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or other evidence of
indebtedness for the same, and in such sums and payable at
such times as they may by ordinance prescribe; provided, that
the payment of said bonds or other evidence of indebtedness
issued under authority of this section and the interest thereon
must be made by the Commissioners of St. Michaels from the
general taxes levied for the use of the town under the power
in this Act conferred, the levying or collecting any special
tax for the payment of such bonds or other evidences of in-
debtedness being expressly prohibited.

SEC. 196c. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners of St.
Michaels shall, in the year 1908, and thereafter whenever they