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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Commission-
em authorised
in their discre-
tion to levy.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the County Commissioners of
Cecil county be and they are hereby authorised and
empowered, if in their discretion they shall deem it
expedient, to levy on the assessable property of said
county, a sum of money sufficient for the construc-
tion of a new bridge, over Back creek, in Cecil
county, at or near the site of the old one, said bridge
to be built on substantial piling, with stone abutments
at each end, and to be at least twenty feet wide,
including parapets, with a pivot opening at the chan-
nel at least thirty feet wide, said pivot to be rested
on a stone abutment.

County com-
missioners au-
thorised to
contract.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said County
Commissioners, after having proceeded to levy a
sum of money, for the construction of said bridge,
as aforesaid, be and they are hereby authorised and
required, to let the building of said bridge out to the

Proviso.

lowest bidder; Provided, That the person or per-
sons to whom such contract may be given, shall, be-
fore beginning the construction of said bridge,
give bond and security, to be approved by the said
Commissioners, that the work upon said bridge shall
be performed and completed in a substantial and
workmanlike manner.

CHAPTER 229.

Passed Mar.
10, 1856.

AN ACT for the relief of Thomas Warfield and his
wife and children, free negroes of the District of
Columbia.

At liberty to
return to the
State.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That from and after the passage of this
act, Thomas Warfield, his wife and children, free
negroes of the District of Columbia, are hereby at
liberty to return to the State of Maryland, and there-
after be entitled to the same rights and privileges that
the free colored population are now entitled to under
the laws of this State.