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principal of the bonds issued under this Act as they mature;
and should this be sufficient for this purpose, then the Commis-
sioners of St. Michaels shall levy upon the assessable property
of the Town such additional sum as shall be necessary to pay
all interest on all of the aforesaid bonds semi-annually as it
shall accrue, and five hundred ($500. 00) dollars of the bonds
created by authority of this Act, commencing July 1st, 1919,
and the funds thus arising, shall not be used for any purpose
other than the operation, maintenance, repair, betterments, ex-
tension of the system and other legitimate purposes connected
therewith, or for the payment of the aforesaid bonds and inter-
est, and any notes which the Commissioners of St. Michaels may
issue for the purpose of borrowing money temporarily, pend-
ing the sale of the bonds herein authorized, and authority is
hereby conferred upon the Commissioners of St. Michaels for
the purpose of securing such temporary loan, and provided that
the total bonded and floating indebtedness of the Town shall
not at any time exceed fifteen per cent, of the taxable basis of
the Town.

SEC. 5. Be it enacted, That all of the provisions of the
Charter of St. Michaels and amendments thereto, contrary to
the intent and purposes of this Act are hereby repealed for the
purpose of this Act and in so far as they are inconsistent there-
with.

Approved April 2nd, 1918.

CHAPTER 50.

AN ACT to add five additional sections to Article 1 of the
Code of Public Local Laws, title "Allegany County, " sub-
title "County Commissioners and Roads, " to be known as
Sections 216U, 216U1, 216U2, 216U3, 216U4, to provide
for the regulation of the hours of work for all laborers, work-
men or mechanics employed by the Road Directors for Alle-
gany County on the public roads of Allegany County un-
der the control and jurisdiction of the said Road Directors
of Allegany County; to further provide that a certain rate
per diem wages be paid to laborers, workmen and mechan-
ics employed upon said roads; to provide that persons em-
ployed by contractors engaged in work for the Road Di-
rectors of Allegany County shall be considered employees
of said Road Directors of Allegany County; to provide pen-