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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

such other papers as said board shall deem of value to horti-
culture and its allied branches.

SEC. 5. The Maryland State Horticultural Society shall
have power to adopt and enforce any by-laws and rules not in
conflict with the Constitution and laws of this State.

Annual
appropriation
by the State.

SEC. 6. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of
this Act, and to aid in the development and conservation of
horticulture in Maryland, the sum of one thousand dollars is
hereby appropriated, and the same amount annually there-
after; and the Comptroller of the Treasury is hereby
authorized and directed to issue his warrant annually upon
the State Treasurer for the said sum of one thousand dollars,
to be paid out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, to the treasurer of the Maryland State Horti-
cultural Society, who shall give bond in double the amount
of the fund he is expected to handle, executed to the said
society, with two or more sureties, or secured by a trust and
surety company, qualifying before a notary public as to their
sufficiency as bondsmen or surety, the said society shall pay
the cost of obtaining this security.

Sec. 7. The first annual payment of one thousand dollars
shall be made to the treasurer of the society during the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1900, and annually thereafter on
or before the first day of October in each year.

SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect from the date of its
passage.

Approved April 5, 1900.

CHAPTER 216.
AN ACT to provide for Water Works for Hyattsville, Prince
George's County, and maintenance of the same.

Water Works.
Hyattsville.
Authority to
borrow money
and issue
bonds.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That to provide water works for Hyattsville, the Com-
missioners of Hyattsville are hereby authorized and directed
to borrow money on the credit of the Commissioners of
Hyattsville or the Mayor and Common Council, as the case
may be, as a body corporate, not to exceed thirty thousand
dollars, and to issue coupon bonds in payment thereof, the
said bonds to be for even sums of money not less than one
hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars each,
and to be of uniform amount, and be payable, principal and
interest, at the office of some one banking institution in the