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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Shall mate
annual levy to
pay claims.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
County Commissioners to levy for the use of the county
treasurer annually, in advance, such sums of money as they
may deem sufficient to discharge all claims which may accrue

Penalty
for failure.

for the attendance of said officers, jurors and witnesses for the
terms of the Circuit Court, the first levy to begin with the
April levy of the year nineteen hundred, and their failure to
do so shall be deemed a misdemeanor, for which they shall be
individually liable to punishment by fine or imprisonment, or
both, upon trial and conviction in the Circuit Court for said
county, as in cases of other misdemeanors.

Provision for
payment of
said officers in
cash.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of enabling
the said Commissioners of Calvert County to pay in cash the
said officers, jurors and witnesses who may be in attendance
upon the sessions of the Circuit Court for said county during"
the year nineteen hundred and thereafter in cash, without
thereby increasing materially the tax rate of said county;

May borrow
money and
issue bonds
therefor.

the said County Commissioners are hereby authorized and
directed, from time to time, as may be necessary, to borrow,
not exceeding four thousand dollars, and to that end they are
empowered and directed to issue the bonds of said county in
sums of not less than one hundred dollars each, to the amount
of four thousand dollars, bearing interest at a rate not exceed-
ing five per cent, payable annually; the said bonds to be all
payable at the end of eight years, and to be redeemable to
the amount of five hundred dollars per annum; the said bonds

Bonds exempt
from county
taxation.

to be signed by the Commissioners, countersigned and regis-
tered by the Clerk of the Board, not to be sold for less than
the par value thereof, to be exempt from county taxation;
and the County Commissioners shall from time to time levy
in advance upon the assessable property of the county such
sums as may be necessary for the prompt payment of the
interest due on said bonds, and also for payment of the prin-
cipal thereof when the same may become due. All moneys
received from the sale of said bonds shall be paid to the
County Treasurer, and all the moneys levied for the payment
of the principal and interest of the same shall be levied for
the use of said treasurer; and any failure on the part of the
Commissioners to comply with the provisions of the section
shall subject them to the penalties prescribed by the preceding
section.

Treasurer
shall collect
and disburse
all moneys,
etc.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the treasurer shall collect,
receive and disburse all moneys which may come into his
hands as treasurer for the payment of the jurors, witnesses,
bailiffs, messengers and criers attending the Circuit Court for