ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 13

of The Chesterfield Cemetery and to pass all rules, orders
and regulations in reference to same, and to acquire addi-
tional land for said cemetery and to borrow on the faith
and credit of said Municipal corporation the sum of five
thousand dollars to pay for the land so acquired; and to
execute the promissory notes of said municipal corporation
and for a period not exceeding four years from the 1st day
of January, 1924.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, that the said Municipal Corporation, the Town
Commissioners of Centreville, be and it is hereby authorized
and directed to assume full power and control over the
Chesterfield Cemetery in and near the town of Centreville,
Queen Anne's County, State of Maryland and it is further
directed and empowered to pass all rules and regulations in
reference to said cemetery as it now stands or any additions
thereto.

SEC. 2 Be it further enacted, That the said Town
Commissioners of Centreville, a municipal corporation be and
it is hereby authorized, directed and empowered to acquire
such additional land as in its judgment may be necessary to
add to the said Chesterfield Cemetery, and if from any cause
the Town Commissioners of Centreville shall be unable to
contract with the owner thereof, the Town Commissioners of
Centreville may apply for a writ of ad quod damnum to the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County, who shall
forthwith issue the same, and the sheriff shall execute the
said writ, and return an inquisition describing the land and
stating the amount of damages to be paid to the owner; and
the judges of the Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County may
at any time after the return of the inquisition, in term or
during recess, hear a motion to confirm such inquisition, on
such notice to the parties as he may direct, and confirm or
quash the same; and if he quashes the inquisition he shall
order a new one forthwith to be taken.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said Town
Commissioners of Centreville, a municipal corporation, be
and it is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow on the
faith and credit of the said municipal corporation, the sum
of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, for the purpose of acquiring additional land for
the Chesterfield Cemetery to be used as a burial ground and