The Cecil Whig., 1916-06-24
IMPROVING HIGHWAYS.
CHAPTER SIT.

vide for the permanent improve
ments of roads and highways; and
to that end, issue bonds to provide
for the payment for said improve
ment; and also for the appointment
! of an auxiliary board to cooperate
and act with the Board of County
Commissioners in the performance
of the said work.
Section /. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
the County Commissioners of Cecil
County are hereby authorized ard re-
quireu, Immediately after the passage
of this Act, in conjunction with an
auxiliary board hereinafter provided
! for, to provide for the permanent i'm
! provement of such of the public roads
| and highways in said county as IN
| their judgment shall be for the best in
terests of the county and its citizens;
provided however that the first $4,000
or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary, accruing from the sale of bonds
as hereinafter provided, shall be ap-
| piled to the completion of the road in
the First Election District. now unfin-
ished and running from Cecilton TO
Warwick; and to the road partially
built but uncompleted which connects
the State road at Pennington with the
State road at Bay View; and to the
building of permanent road from the
end of the State road near Miller's
Corner to the village of Cowantown
Section 2. Be it enacted, That for
the purpose of the permanent improve
ment of the public roads in Cecil
t1y he (pIlntNr { n, 1ic.t Of
Cecil county are hereby authorized and
directed to borrow, on the credit of
said county an amount not exceeding
the sum of one hundred thousand dol
lars. and to issue coupon bonds there
of in sums of not less than one hun
| dred dollars nor more than one thous-
| and dollars each. to be signed by the
president of the said Board of County
| Commissioners, and countersigned by
| the County Treasurer of said county,
attested by the corporate seal of said
county; the said bonds to be separate
| ly noted and recorded in book to be
| kept for that purpose. Said bonds
shall bear interest at the rate of five
per centum per annum, payable semi
annually on the first day of July and
January in each year, and shall Ge
| forever exempt from all taxation for
county, municipal and county school
purposes, and shall have printed on
them a distinct reference to this Act,
authorizing their issue.
Section 3. Be it enacted, That sand
bonds shall be issued in three series,
as follows: Forty thousand dollars,
| payable in ten years, forty thousand
dollars payable in twenty years,
twenty thousand dollars payable in
thirty years after the date of their
issue which shall be as of July /. 1916.
The said bonds shall be advertised by
the said County Commissioners and
sold to the highest bidder for cash,
| provided that the same shall not be
sold for less than their par value, nor
shall the said County Commissioners
pay any commissions in the sale there
of; provided, further, that they may,
in their discretion, sell the same at
public auction, at the courthouse door
in Elkton, or else sell by sealed bids
/ to be opened publicly on the day nam
. ed in said advertisement when the
award shall be made to the highest
bidder, but they may reject any or all
bids; and all bids shall be accompan-
led by a certified check for ten per
cent of the amount of such bid, and
the checks of unsuccessful bidders
shall be Immediately returned to them.
Section 1. Be it enacted, That the
County Commissioners in conjunction
with the Auxiliary Board hereafter to
lhe appointed. in pursuance of the OBJ
iiects of this Act shall use for the i'm
| rrOVement of the lIads such sum d,