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ponsible bidder and shall reserve the right to reject any or
all bids.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect on the first day of June, 1916.

Approved April 11th, 1916.

CHAPTER 262.

AN ACT to amend Article 6 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of the State of Maryland, title "Cecil County, " sub-title
"Elkton, " by adding four additional Sections thereto, pro-
viding for bonding the town of Elkton to pay for and to
provide for the construction and installation of a sewerage
system and to submit the question of issuing said bonds to
the vote of the legally qualified voters and taxpayers of said
town.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Article 8, title "Cecil County, " sub-title ''Elkton, "
be and the same is hereby amended by adding four additional
Sections thereto to come in after Section 132-B as amended by
the Acts of 1914, Chapter 71 of the General Assembly of Mary-
land; providing for the construction and installation of a sewer-
age system for the use of the town of Elkton, said Sections
thereto to be numbered 132-C, 132-D, 132-E and 132-F, pro-
viding for the bonding of said town.

SEC. 132-C. The President and Commissioners of the said
town of Elkton are hereby authorized and empowered to issue
on the credit of said town of Elkton, bonds to an amount not
exceeding $20, 000 to pay for the construction and installation
of a sewerage system for said town of Elkton, said bonds be
redeemable at a period not exceeding twenty years from date
at which they are issued at the discretion of the said the Presi-
dent and Commissioners of the town of Elkton at a rate of
interest not exceeding 6 per cent, per annum, payable semi-
annually and the faith and assessable property of the said town
are hereby pledged for the payment and redemption of the
principal and interest of said bonds. Said bonds shall be of
denomination to be determined by the said the President and
Commissioners of the town of Elkton and shall be signed by the
President of said Board, sealed with the seal of said corpora-
tion and attested by the Secretary.