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DORCHESTER COUNTY. 785
bonds; five of said bonds, commencing with No. 1, shall be due
and redeemable on the first day of January, nineteen hundred
and twelve, five more of said bonds, in order, according to
numbers, shall be due and redeemable on the first day of Janu-
ary in each and every succeeding year thereafter until all of
said bonds are due and redeemable.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That after the said bonds have
been properly prepared and duly executed as herein prescribed,
the said County Commissioners of Dorchester County are here-
by authorized and directed to sell the said bonds at such times
and in such numbers as may be necessary for the objects and
purposes of this Act, at their private or public sale, to the
best advantage, in the discretion of the said County Commis-
sioners, upon such notice as the said County Commissioners
may deem expedient; provided, that the said bonds shall be
sold upon competitive bidding by sealed offers, with the privi-
leges reserved to the County Commissioners of rejecting any
and all bids; and provided further, that none of said bonds
shall be sold for less than par.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That all moneys arising from
the sale of said bonds shall be kept as a separate fund for the
purposes of this Act, and shall be deposited in some bank or
banks in the town of Cambridge, Maryland, and be paid out or
expended only upon the order of the said County Commission-
ers for the purposes of this Act, and for no other, and the clerk
of the said County Commissioners shall keep a full registry of
the said bonds, with the names of the purchasers thereof, and
the amount realized from the sales of the same, with the date
of maturity of such bond, and when said bonds have been
redeemed the same shall at once be cancelled on the face of
the said bonds and on the books of registry, and shall not be
issued again.
SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the said County Commis-
sioners may at any time issue the said bonds in such number
or numbers as in their judgment may be necessary and proper
for the objects and purposes of this Act, and the said County
Commissioners shall be and they are hereby authorized and
directed to apply and expend the moneys arising from the sale
of said bonds for the objects and purposes of this Act, and for
none other, at such times and in such amounts as in their
judgment they may deem right and proper.
SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the said County Commis-
sioners are hereby authorized, empowered and directed, and it
shall be their duty, to cause to be levied upon and collected
from the taxable property of the said county an additional tax
annually sufficient to pay the said bonds and interest as the
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