670 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Caroline County shall from time to time determine by resolu-
tions adopted by said Commissioners, or a majority of them,
at a regular meeting; which said resolutions shall be in writ-
ing and spread at length upon the minutes of the proceedings
of said Commissioners of the date of the adoption of said reso-
lutions, the original of which shall be endorsed by all the Com-
missioners voting for its adoption, with the date thereof;
same to be published for two consecutive weeks immediately
succeeding its adoption in one or more newspapers published
in Caroline County; and then carefully filed and kept among
the valuable papers belonging to the said county; and it shall
be the duty of the Clerk of the said Commissioners, without
charge, to furnish the owner of any of the bonds issued under
the authority of this Act, when requested by said owner so to
do, a certified copy of the resolutions adopted by the said Com-
missioners under the corporate seal of the county, and under
which the bonds held by him were issued; provided, that no
bonds shall be issued under the authority conferred by this
Act until at least three weeks' public notice, stating the time
and place at which bids for said bonds will be received and
opened, shall have been given, by advertisement in at least
two papers printed and published in Caroline County, and such
other notice as the said Commissioners deem expedient; and
said bonds so advertised shall be sold to the highest bidder for
cash; provided further, however, that the said Commissioners
may reject any or all bids for said bonds and readvertise and
sell the same as hereinbefore specified, and so on until a sale
satisfastory to said Commissioners is made; but no bond shall
at any time be sold for less than par, with accrued interest,
nor bear a greater rate of interest than five per cent, per an-
num ; and all of said bonds shall be of uniform date.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. That the net proceeds
arising from the sale of said bonds shall be used by the said
Commissioners for the permanent improvement of the public
roads and bridges of Caroline County, as well as those roads
and bridges that shall be built under the law known as the
"Shoemaker Act" as those that shall be built by order of the
County Commissioners, and for the purchasing of such road
equipment and appliances as may, in the judgment of said
Commissioners, be necessary in the constructing, repairing
and improving the public roads and bridges in Caroline County
aforesaid, and for no other purpose.

SEC. 3A. And be it further enacted, That the net proceeds
arising from the sale of each issue of a portion of said bonds
authorized by Section 2 of this Act, shall be apportioned
among the several election districts of Caroline County pro