ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1G3

for the purpose of erecting said bridge, which amount was
found to be insufficient for that purpose; and,

WHEREAS, the erection of such a bridge is essential to the
building up of a beautiful section of said County, and will
be the means of saving to the County a considerable sum of
money over the present cost of the antiquated ferry, as well
as increase materially the taxable basis of said County by open-
ing up for development the waterfront situate adjacent to said
bridge; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the County Commissioners of Anne Arundel County,
in the State of Maryland, are hereby authorized, empowered
and directed to erect and construct a draw bridge over South
River,. in the Second Election District of Anne Arundel County,
aforesaid, from the west side of said River, at Riverview, to a
point connecting the Public Road at Tucker's Landing, im-
mediately opposite on the east side of said River and at a
point which will give the most direct route of traffic and
shorten the distance in connection therewith to Annapolis City,
and the cost of erecting said bridge shall not exceed the sum
of Fifty thousand ($50, 000. ) dollars.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose
of carrying out the provisions of this Act, the County Com-
missioners of Anne Arundel County be and the same are hereby
authorized, empowered and directed to issue coupon bonds to
an amount not exceeding the sum of Fifty Thousand ($50, 000. )
dollars, in sums of not less than one hundred ($100. 00) dollars,
nor more than Five Hundred ($500. 00) dollars said bonds to
bear interest at a rate not exceeding five per centum per annum,
payable semi-annually, and to fall due and mature in series
or installments of Five Thousand ($5, 000. ) dollars, at every
period of five years, the first series of five thousand ($5, 000. )
dollars to mature and fall due Five Years from the date of
the issuance of the same; the second series or installments to
mature and fall due Ten Years from the date of the issuance
of same, and so on until all of said bonds have matured and
fallen due, said bonds to be signed by the President of the
Board of County Commissioners of Anne Arundel County, and
to be countersigned by the Clerk to said Board, and to be issued
under the corporate seal of said Board of County Commis-
sioners, and the said County Commissioners are hereby au-