726 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 220

of 1912, Chapter 21, and all of the statutes still in force con-
tained in Volume 3 of the Annotated Code legalized and made
evidence of the law by the Act of 1914, Chapter 16, and all
of the statutes still in force contained in Volume 4 of the
Annotated Code legalized and made evidence of the law by
the Act of 1918, Chapter 144, and also all of the Public Gen-
eral Laws still in force contained in the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland passed subsequent to the publication
of Volume 4 of the Annotated Code, to wit, the Acts of 1920

and 1922;

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Annotated Code of Maryland, edition of 1924,
edited by George P. Bagby, be and the same is hereby legal-
ized and shall be deemed and taken in all the courts of the
State, and by all the Justices of the Peace of the State, and by
all public officials of the State, to be evidence of the Public
General Laws of the State contained in the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland of 1888 and the Public General
Laws enacted subsequent thereto, provided that before said
edition of 1924 is published, the Public General Laws enacted
by the General Assembly of Maryland at its session of 1924
shall be incorporated therein.

Approved April 9, 1924.

CHAPTER 220.

AN ACT to authorize the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
to issue certificates of indebtedness of said corporation to an
amount not exceeding seven million dollars ($7, 000, 000. 00)
for the purpose of defraying the cost and expenses of con-
demning, opening, widening, straightening, closing, grading
and paving streets, avenues and alleys, including the con-
struction of necessary bridges, the repairing of existing
bridges and the abolishing of grade crossings; and to author-
ize the submission of an ordinance for that purpose to the
legal voters of the City of Baltimore and granting to the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore the right to provide
by ordinance for the expenditure of the proceeds of said
loan.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore be, and
it is hereby authorized to issue the certificates of indebtedness