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number exceeding the number of persons petitioning for said
levy then said levy shall not be made; but such petitioning for
and petitioning against the making of such a levy shall not
prevent the filing of similar petitions for and against in any
succeeding year.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the tax so to be
levied shall be collected by the Treasurer of Baltimore County
in the same manner in which other taxes are collected by him,
and shall form a special fund which shall be applied by said
County Commissioners to the laying of a concrete sidewalk not
less than four feet in width along the south side of said state
highway from the east side of Bishop's Lane to said western
boundary line of Baltimore City.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That said sidewalk shall
be laid under contracts which shall be let on a competitive basis
to the lowest responsible bidder; that it shall be laid under the
supervision of the Highways Engineer of Baltimore County
according to plans and specifications prepared by him which
shall have been submitted to and approved by the Chief Engi-
neer of the State Roads Commission of Maryland. That when-

ever there shall have been paid into the hands of the said
Treasurer of Baltimore County, under the aforesaid levy, a
sufficient amount to lay not less than one thousand lineal feet
of such sidewalk four feet wide, said County Commissioners
are authorized and directed to let a contract as aforesaid for
so much of said sidewalk as the funds then available will justi-
fy, and so from time to time letting additional contracts as
funds may be available, beginning the construction of said side-
walk at the east side of Bishop's Lane aforesaid and causing
said sidewalk to be constructed as a continuous one toward the
east until it shall reach said western boundary line of Balti-
more City.

Approved March 27th, 1922.

CHAPTER 91.

AN ACT to authorize the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Balti-
more County to transcribe certain Land Indexes and Mort-
gage Indexes on to new indexes, and to provide for the pay-
ment thereof.