A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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AN ACT to authorize the Burgess and Commis-
sioners of Emmittsburg to levy additional taxes
for the purpose of making an artificial road of
stone or sand on the streets of said corporation.

Passed March
10, 1862.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That in addition to the taxes for
their current and necessary expenses, the Burgess
and Commissioners of Emmittsburg are hereby
empowered to levy and collect, in addition to the
tax now authorized by law, a corporation tax not
exceeding eighty cents on every hundred dollars of
assessable property within said corporation, and
apply the money arising from said additional tax
solely to making an artificial road of stone or sand
on the Main street, and so much of the street in-
tersecting it as extends from the Public Square to
St. Vincent's Hall in said corporation.

Authority to
levy additional
tax.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That said Burgess and
Commissioners may in their discretion collect the
said additional taxes in two annual payments, of
not more than forty cents for each year on every
hundred dollars of assessable property.

Restriction.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That on the expira-
tion of the power .granted by this act, the said
Burgess and Commissioners shall levy no taxes
except in accordance with section sixty-three of
Article eleven of the Public Local Laws.

Payments.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the day of its passage.

In force.