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private property shall be chargeable to the property adjacent
thereto, and the said amounts as charged to the adjacent owners
shall be collected in the same manner as taxes.

SEC. 26. And be it enacted, That all the streets, alleys, lanes
and public grounds in said town of Rock Hall shall be sub-
ject however at all times for municipal and police purposes,
to the control of the corporation, who may establish, main-
tain, alter and repair said streets, alleys, lanes and public
grounds, and make such improvements thereof and thereon,
as may from time to time seem to be necessary, as herein pro-
vided, and the County Commissioners of Kent county are here-
by authorized and directed to pay to the said corporation
the sum of seven hundred dollars ($700) ou or before the
first day of January of each year for the purpose of keeping
in repair the public ways of said town of Rock Hall.

SEC. 27. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved March 30, 1908.

CHAPTER 160.
AN ACT to incorporate the town of Still Pond, in Kent county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land. That the inhabitants of Still Pond, in Kent county, Mary-
land, be and they are hereby incorporated and created a cor-
porate body under the name and style of "The Commissioners
of Still Pond," and by that name shall have perpetual success-
ion, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any court of
law or equity whatsoever, may purchase and hold real, per-
sonal and mixed property, and may sell and convey the same,
and may use a common seal and the same alter at pleasure.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners of Still
Pond, as hereinafter named, shall forthwith define and locate
the limits of said town and shall have same filed and recorded
in the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court for Kent county
for reference.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the legal voters of Still Pond,
females included, who pay taxes and who have resided within
its corporate limits six (6) months, of the age of twenty-one
(21) years and upwards, shall elect by ballot, on the first Satur-
day in May, 1908, three (3) Commissioners of the said town
of Still Pond, all of whom shall be qualified voters of said
town elections and above twenty-one (21) years of age, one of
whom shall serve one year, one for two years, one for three