The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-08

them right, and they may recover said
fine or penalty by an action of debt
and in addition thereto they may pro-
vide for the Imprisonment of the Of
fender for a period not exceeding
thirty days, or until the fine is paid.
"a. And be it enacted, That the
Mayor and Common Council of Sykes
vile be and they are hereby author
lied and empowered to issue bonds
in the name of said municipal corpo-
ration to an amount not exceeding
five thousand dollars ($5,000) in
sums of five hundred dollars ($500)
each, which bonds are to be payable
fifteen years from their date, re-
deemable however, at the option of
said Mayor and Common Council after
five 60 years from the date of their
issue; said bonds shall bear interest
at the rate of five per cent. per an
mum, payable semi-annually,a ,and shall
be exempt from county and municipal
taxation; said bonds and the coupons
attached thereto for the interest shall
be signed by the Mayor and counter
signed by the clerk to the Common
Council, and shall not be sold for less
than their par value, and the pro-
ceeds derived from the sale of said
bonds shall be employed in grading,
paving or macadamiZing the streets
of said town, or any other permanent
Improvement.
9B. And be it enacted, That the
said Mayor and Common Council are
hereby directed and authorized in
making their annual levy after said
bonds are issued of municipal taxes,
to levy a sum sufficient to pay the
interest on said bond and to provide
sinking fund for their payment at
maturity, provided the sum shall not
exceed the rate of fifty cents on the
hundred dollars on all property sub
ject to municipal taxation within the
corporate limits of the town of Sykes
vile.
&C. And be it enacted, That at the
next election for Mayor and Common
Council after the passage of this Act,
there shall be printed on the ballots
"For Issue of Bonds" against Issue
of Bonds" and if majority of the
ballots cast shall be in favor of the
issue of bonds, then the provisions of
the Act shall become at once effec-
tive and binding; but if majority of
the votes cast shall be against the is
sue of bonds, then this Act shall be
in allegiance for a period of one year
or until the first Monday in May, 1909,
when the qualified voters of the said
town may again vote as herein pro-
vided, and if at the second election,
majority of the qualified voters shall
vote for the bond issue, then the pro-
visions of this Act shall take effect,
but if a majority of said voters shall
vote against the bond issue, then this
Act shall be held utterly null and
void, and the judges of said election
or a majority of them shall make a
true and correct return of the votes
cast for issue of bonds and against
issue of bonds, to the Mayor of
said town, who shall announce the
result thereof.
20A. And be it enacted that the
treasurer shall also act as assessor
and shall make and return to the
Mayor and common councilmen be-
fore the 25th of June, in each and
every year a full and complete list
of all lawful property, stock and
investments in said town liable to
taxation and not found on the tax
books of Carroll and Howard county.
The Mayor and common council
shall have the power to make any
alterations in the assessment made
by the treasurer, which they may
think proper and right. The treasurer
shall receive fee of twenty-five cents
(25c.) for each assessment made
by him of new or missed property.
23A And be it enacted that the
said Justices of the Peace for Carroll
county shall once in every thirty days
turn over to the Treasurer of Sykes
vile all fines collected in the name of
the Mayor and common council of
Sykesville together with a full state
ment showing. from what source said
fines were derived.
III. And be it enacted, That this
Act shall take effect from the date
of its passage.
Approved April 1, 1908.
AUSTIN L. CROTHERS,
Governor.