ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 547

Ridgely, Caroline County, Maryland, " and to re-enact the
same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 22 of Chapter 178 of the Acts of the Gen-
eral Assembly of Maryland, passed at the January Session of
1896, entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Town of Ridgely,
Caroline County, Maryland, " be and the same is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to read as fol-
lows:

Section 22. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners
may annually levy upon the assessable property within said
town by a direct tax, not exceeding forty cents on the one hun-
dred dollars, such sum as they may deem necessary for the pur-
pose of defraying and settling the expenses likely to be incurred
by them on behalf of said corporation, and the said Commis-
sioners may apply and appropriate the funds arising from such
tax, as well as other funds and moneys belonging to said cor-
poration in their discretion, in paying the costs and expenses
of opening, closing, extending, paving and improving streets,
alleys and grounds; for providing street lamps and lighting the
same, fire machinery and apparatus; for removal of garbage,
obstructions and nuisances; for setting pumps and wells for
drainage for restricting the spread of contagious diseases; for
the payment of their officers or employees reasonable salaries,
and for such other purposes as, in their judgment, benefit and
subserve the public interest.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect on the first day of June, 1922.

Approved April 13th, 1922.

CHAPTER 238.

AN ACT to authorize and direct the County Commissioners
of Wicomico County to issue bonds to the extent of three
hundred thousand dollars ($300, 000) for the purpose of pur-
chasing sites and for the erection of new school buildings
and the equipment of same in Wicomico County, and pro-
viding for a referendum vote on the proposed loan.

WHEREAS, The rapid increase in the population of said Wi-
comico County and the large increase in the number of pupils