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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Wm. J. C.
Dulany Co.
Public

Printers.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the Treasurer of the
State shall, upon the warrant of the Comptroller, pay to the
said William J. C. Dulany Company, Public Printers, the
aforesaid sum of eleven thousand dollars, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, in accordance with the provisions of
Article 78 of the Code of Public General Laws.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act sh all take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 5, 1900.

City of
Annapolis.

CHAPTER 188.

AN ACT to authorize the Mayor, Counsellor and Aldermen
of the City of Annapolis to issue bonds to the amount of
one hundred and twenty-one thousand dollars to pay off
the present floating indebtedness of the City of Annapolis,
and to provide a fund for the permanent improvement of
said city.

WHEREAS, The City of Annapolis has now outstanding
floating indebtedness of twenty-one thousand dollars, with no
sinking fund provided for the payment of said indebtedness;
and,

WHEREAS, Said indebtedness now bears interest at the rate
of six per centum per annum, and it is considered desirable
by the issuance of a series of bonds to pay off said indebted-
ness; and,

WHEREAS, The said city now contemplates extensive per-
manent improvements, and it is necessary to create a fund for
that purpose; therefore,

May issue
bonds.

SECTION, I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the Mayor, Counsellor and Aldermen of the
City of Annapolis be and they are hereby authorized and em-
powered to issue bonds for the purpose of paying off the
present floating indebtedness of the city, amounting to
twenty-one thousand dollars, and one hundred thousand dol-
lars of bonds, to create a fund for the permanent improvement
of said city.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That said bonds when issued
shall bear interest at four per centum per annum, and be
forever exempt from all county and municipal taxation.