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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Dec. Ses. 1821.

of them, he and the same are hereby authorised and empowered,
as soon as it may be conveniently in their power, to cause the said
new bridge to be built over the said creek where the old one now
stands, to be built and completed in the best and most substantial
manner it can for the money hereby granted; and the said commis-
sioners or a majority of them, are, by virtue of this act, fully au-
thorised and empowered, as they in their discretion shall think
best, to contract with any person or persons for the whole or in
part, or to purchase materials themselves and to employ workmen
and labourers to complete the said work.

Respective
sums to be le-
vied—to be co1-
lected—neglect
—penalty.

3. And be it enacted, That if the commissioners so as afore-
said to be appointed, shall report that the said bridge will require to
be re-built as aforesaid, that then the justices of the levy court of
Queen Ann's, Talbot and Caroline counties' shall and they are
hereby authorised, directed and required, at the next levy court in
their respective counties, to levy and assess the several sums of
money hereinafter mentioned in the following manner, to wit: The
justices of the levy court for Queen Ann's county shall assess and
levy the sum of one hundred dollars; and the justices of the levy
court of Talbot county shall assess and levy the sum of one hun-
dred and fifty dollars, and the justices of the levy court of Caro-
line county shall assess and levy the sum of one hundred and fifty
dollars; which said several sums of money, together with the collec-
tors' usual commissions for collecting respectively, shall be assess-
ed, levied and collected, in the same manner as other county char-
ges and public dues for the present year shall be assessed, levied and
collected; and the said several collectors and their securities respec-
tively, shall be answerable for and pay the said several and respective
sums of money to the commissioners so as aforesaid to be appoint-
ed, or either of them, or to their order, at any time after the said
sums of money have been or ought to have been collected; and if
any of said collectors shall neglect or refuse to pay the respective
assessments, the commissioners or a majority of them, are hereby
authorised and required to sue and recover the same from such col-
lector or collectors, or his or their securities, or his or their executors
or administrators respectively, in an action of trespass on the case,
in which it shall be sufficient to declare for so much money had and
received by the defendant for the use of the plaintiffs.

Vacancies.

4. And be it enacted, That if any of the commissioners so
as aforesaid to be appointed, shall die, or remove out of the county
of which he is a commissioner, before the completion of the said
new bridge, or shall refuse to act, the survivor or survivors shall
appoint some other person in his or their stead; and the person or
persons so appointed shall have the same power and authority as
is vested in the commissioners to be appointed by this act.

Repairs.

5. And be it enacted, That from and after the erecting and
building the said bridge, it shall be kept up and repaired at the joint
expense of the said three counties in the proportions before men-
tioned.

Accounts of
expenditures to
be rendered—
surplus.

6. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners or some
one or two of them, shall render to the justices of the levy court
of the respective counties respectively, at their levy courts next
after the expenditure of the said monies, a just, full and fair account
of all money by them laid out and expended by virtue of this act.