988 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

acter may be kept, and may provide for the issuance of a certifi-
cate stating whether any, and if so what, municipal charges or
assessments exist against any particular property, and for mak-
ing a reasonable charge for such certificate.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 16th, 1914.

CHAPTER 588.

AN ACT to repeal Section 161 of Article 10 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "Dorchester County," sub-
title "East New Market," as repealed and re-enacted by
Chapter 96 of the Acts of 1906, and to re-enact the same with
amendments, and to add an additional Section to said Ar-
ticle 10, to be designated 162-C.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 161 of Article 10 of the Code of Public
Local Laws, title "Dorchester County," sub-title "East New
Market," as repealed and re-enacted by Chapter 96 of the Acts
of 1906, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments, and that a new Section be added to said Ari-
cle 10, to be designated 162-C, so that said Sections 161 and
162-C shall read as follows:

161. The County Commissioners on the first day of May in
each and every year shall pay to the Commissioners of East
New Market the sum of two hundred dollars for the purpose
of assisting in keeping up the streets within the corporate
limits.

162-C. And be it enacted, That the said "The Commissioners
of East New Market" be, and they are hereby authorized, in
their discretion, to issue bonds, not to exceed in amount five
thousand dollars, of such form as said Commissioners may pre-
scribe, of the denomination of one hundred dollars each, bearing
interest at a rate not to exceed six per centum per annum, pay-
able semi-annually on the first days of January and July in
each year; which bonds shall be numbered from 1 to 50 inclu-
sive and shall become due and shall be paid by said Commis-
sioners in the order of the sequence of the numbers thereof and
beginning with Number 1 and running up to 50 in regular
order, two bonds each year, the first two bonds to become due