52 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 25

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Chapter 629 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of Maryland of 1910, entitled "An Act to require the County
Commissioners of Talbot County to pay annually to the Mayor
and Council of Easton of the tax levied upon the property
within the limits of the town of Easton to the amount of
fifteen hundred dollars; and to repeal so much of Chapter 189
of the Laws of Maryland passed at the Session of 1904 as
applied to said town of Easton," be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted Math amendments so as to read as fol-
lows :

SECTION 2. And be it enacted, That the County Commis-
sioners of Talbot County shall pay annually to the Mayor and
Council of Easton, Talbot County, the sum of twenty-five
hundred dollars ($2,500.00) out, of the county taxes levied
upon the property within the limits of the town of Easton,
in said county, to be disbursed by the Mayor and Council of
Easton for the permanent improvement of the streets and
road beds in said town of Easton, or to be applied toward the
payment of any bonded indebtedness that may be incurred by
the said Mayor and Council of Easton for the permanent im-
provement of the streets and road beds of said town; provided
that no money be paid1 hereunder until and unless the said
Mayor and Council of Easton shall on or before January first
in each year file with the County Commissioners of Talbot
County an itemized statement, with the vouchers therefor,
showing that for the year then ended an actual expenditure
of at least twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) has been
made for the permanent improvement of the streets and road
beds of the said town of Easton, or has been applied toward
the payment of any bonded indebtedness incurred for per-
manent improvement of the streets and road beds of said
town of Easton.

SECTION 3. And be it enacted, That so much of Chapter
189 of the Laws of Maryland, passed at the Session of 1904,
as applies to the town of Easton, be and the same is hereby
repealed.

SECTION 4. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take
effect on and after June 1st, 1920.
Approved March 5, 1920.