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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Dec. Ses. 1821.

Bonus or pre-
mium.

8. And be it enacted, That the Treasurer of the Western
Shore, be, and he is hereby authorised and directed to make an in-
vestment of any bonus or premium which may be given for said
stock, in such funds as he may deem expedient; and the amount thus
vested shall be constituted a sinking -fund under the direction of
the Treasurer, for the eventual extinguishment of the debt created
by this act.

Directors to
pay interest
quarterly &c.

9. And be it enacted, That the directors of the Penitentiary-
shall pay out of the net profits of the institution, into the hands of
the Treasurer of the Western Shore, quarterly, such sum of money
as shall be equivalent to the quarterly interest of said stock, and an-
nually the sum of one thousand dollars out of the profits aforesaid,
until in the judgement of the Treasurer, a sufficient sum shall be ob-
tained for the extinguishment of the debt created by this act; which
said one thousand dollars shall be added to the bonus or premium
to be vested by this act; and the whole amount thus created, shall
remain specifically appropriated to the final redemption of the stock
hereby created; and the Treasurer shall every year add the accru-
ing interest upon the said investments to the principal, in that way
to accumulate of the benefit of the state.

Passed Feb. 12
1822.

Preamble.

CHAPTER 151.

A supplement to an act entitled, An act to authorise the levy, court of
Cecil county to levy a sum of money for the purposes therein men-
tioned, passed the 16th day of February, 1821.
Whereas, It is represented to this general assembly, that the sum
heretofore authorised to be levied on Cecil county, and applied to
re-building the bridge mentioned in the law to which this is a sup-
plement, is found inadequate to complete the same—Therefore,

$200 may be
levied.

Be it enacted By the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the justices of the levy court of Cecil county, at their discretion, are
hereby authorised to levy upon the assessable property in said
county, a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars, to be applied to
roofing and completing said bridge; which said sum of money shall
be paid to the commissioners heretofore appointed in the original
act to which this is a supplement, or their order, or so much there-
of as shall be necessary to complete said bridge.

Passed Feb. 11
1822.

Preamble.

CHAPTER 152.

An act relating to public roads in the several counties therein men-
tioned.
Whereas, It has been represented to this general assembly by
the petition of sundry inhabitants of this state, that the act entitled,
An act to regulate the manner of obtaining and altering public
roads in this state, have been inadequate to the purposes intended
thereby—Therefore,

Levy court
may open
roads, &c.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted By the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the levy courts of Harford, Baltimore and Cecil counties, in
all cases when a number of respectable inhabitants of their county-
shall apply to them in writing, have the same power to open any
new road, or shut up or alter any old road, as they have or hereto-
fore have had by the act entitled, An act relating to public roads
in this state, and to repeal the acts of assembly therein mentioned,
passed at November session seventeen hundred and ninety-four,