1424 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 565

their authority for so doing when required by any officer of the
oyster police force, or other officers of the State.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1924.

Approved April 9, 1924.

CHAPTER 565.

AN ACT to authorize the Commissioners of Hurlock to issue
bonds to the amount of sixty thousand dollars for the pur-
pose of constructing a sewage system and disposal plant
for the Town of Hurlock, Dorchester County, Maryland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Commissioners of Hurlock be and it is hereby
authorized to issue coupon bonds to the amount of sixty thou-
sand dollars ($60, 000. 00), or so much thereof as may be
necessary for the purposes of building and equipping a sew-
age system and disposal plant for the Town of Hurlock, Dor-
chester County, Maryland.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said the Commissioners
of Hurlock be and it is hereby authorized and directed to issue
the said bonds in the denomination hereinafter provided; the
same to be signed by the Chairman of the Commissioners of
Hurlock and undersigned by the Clerk thereof, with the seal
of the Commissioners of Hurlock attached. The said bonds
shall be issued in the denomination of one thousand dollars
($1, 000. 00) each, on the faith and credit of the Town of
Hurlock, and shall be a lien upon the taxable property thereof,
and bear interest from the date of the issue thereof at the rate
of not more than five per centum per annum, payable semi-
annually, which said interest to the maturity of each of the
said bonds shall be provided for and set forth in the coupons
attached to each of said bonds, which said bonds shall be num-
bered consecutively from one to sixty, inclusive, and shall have
printed on them and on the coupons attached to them a refer-
ence to this Act.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That all the said bonds shall be
dated the first day of July, 1925, and bear interest from the
date thereof, payable semi-annually at a rate not exceeding
five (5) per centum per annum. Said interest to be payable
on the first day of January and the first day of July