112 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 57

bonds outstanding during the year next succeeding said levy,
and said taxes shall be collected as other County taxes are col-
lected.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That said bonds when
prepared and executed as hereinbefore provided, shall be sold
by the County Commissioners of said Somerset County either
at public or private sale, at such time or times, but not later
than April 1, 1925, and on such notice as the said County Com-
missioners may deem proper, but for not less than the par value
thereof and accrued interest, and if sold at private sale, such
sale shall be made only after competitive bidding by sealed
offers, with the privilege of rejecting any and all bids; and the
County Treasurer of Somerset County shall keep a register of
said bonds with the name or names of purchasers, and the
amount realized from the sales, and the date of maturity of the
several bonds, and shall enter therein, when each of said bonds
have been redeemed.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the proceeds de-
rived from the sale of said bonds shall be forthwith paid or
turned over by the County Commissioners of Somerset County
to the State Road Commission, to be used and expended by said
Commission for the further construction and permanent im-
provement of the highway leading from Princess Anne to Deals
Island.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the question whether
the said "Deals Island Road Improvement Bonds" shall be is-
sued or not by the County Commissioners of Somerset County
for the purpose aforesaid, shall be submitted to the registered
and qualified voters of Somerset County at the next Regular
election held in said County, after this Act has become effective,
to wit: the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November
in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four (1924), and the
Supervisors of Election of said Somerset County shall have
printed on the ballots prepared for said next regular election,
in clear, plain, bold type, of the size and style required by the
General Election Laws of the State of Maryland for the printing
of names of candidates on said ballots, the following question,
to wit:

"Shall Deals Island Road Improvement Bonds of the par
value of eighty thousand dollars ($80, 000) be issued by the