The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-05-05
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CHAPTER g.
AN ACT to authorize the Highways Commission
of Baltimore county to use the Incorporated
surplus in the county treasury to reimburse
| the road fund for portion of the loss sus-
tanned by reason of damage to the county
roads and bridges from destructive floods dur
ing the year 1905.
Whereas the public roads and bridges of Bal
timore county were greatly damaged. and in
many instances totally destroyed by unusual
and destructive floods occurring during the year
| 1905, requiring the Highways Commission of said
county to expend on their repair the sum of over
sixty-fve thousand dollars 1886, 0OO) out of the
| funds levied for ordinary and usual road pur-
poses, thereby depriving the whole people of
said county of the benefit of that sum. which
| would otherwise have been used for usual re-
pairs and improvements to the county roads in
general.
ury, due the county from uncollected taxes and
| other sources, the sum of about forty-fve thous-
and dollars ($45,0 O0). not appropriated for other
| been accumulated by the County Commissioners
during the past few years through the exercise
of great economy and care in the administration
| of county affairs.
And where's, the Highways Commission of
said county is limited by law to the expenditure
| of the sum levied by the County Commissioners
of said county for road purposes and said County
Commissioners are by law prohibited from ex-
pending, for any specific purpose. any greater or
| other sum than they have actually levied for
SECTION /. Be IL enacted By the General Assembly
| Of Maryland That the Highways Commission of
Baltimore county be, and 1t is hereby authorized
| and empowered to reimburse the road fund for
portion of the loss sustained by reason of dam
age to the county roads and bridges from de-
structive floods during the year 1905, and expend
for road purposes during the fiscal year ending
May 30th 1905, so much of the Incorporated
surplus in the county treasury or due the same,
as may be necessary for ordinary road purposes,
including the repair and Improvement of exist
ing roads and bridges and the opening and con-
struction of new roads and construction of new
bridges. the word roads to be taken to embrace
public highways of every character, and the
Treasurer of Baltimore county is hereby d.
rected to pay out said surplus funds on the
order of the, said Highways Commission as by
SECTION 2. And be IL enacted, That all Acts or
parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be, and
the same are hereby repealed, to the extent of
SECTION 8. And be 1t enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved February 18th, 1905.
EDWIN WAKEFIELD.
JOSEPH B. SETH.
President of the Senate.
CARVILLE D. BENSON,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
hereby certify. that the aforegoing is q true
copy of an Act of the General Assembly of Mary
land passed at the January se snp 1899 %6s.
Secretary of the Senate.
HENRY P. MANN,
JOHN v. SLADE,
County Commissioners of Baltimore county.
Iru0 NOpy-4eSb.
E. STANTON BOSLEY,
Apl 28-3t] Chief Clerk and Auditor.
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good water power; possession June LIST, 1905.
Apply with reference to
GEORGE II. MERRYMAN,
Apl. 28-3tD Bosley. Baltimore county, Md.
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Oct. 27.-tf TOwsOn. Md
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