JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

who has not been successfully vaccinated, to enter as a pupil
any public school under the same penalty.

Approved April 5, 1900.

CHAPTER 338.
AN ACT to empower the Mayor and Common Council of West-
minster, in Carroll County, to call in the bonds of the City
of Westminster, issued by authority of Sections 248, 249,
250 and 251 of Article 7, of the Code of Public Local
Laws of the State of Maryland, and to raise money
therefor by issuing other bonds of said city.

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SECTION 1. Re it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Mayor and Common Council of Westminster
be and they are hereby authorized and empowered, at such
times and in such manner as they may deem best, to call in
and redeem the bonds of the said City of Westminster, issued
in pursuance of Sections 248, 249, 250 and 251 of Article 7
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, and redeem-
able July 1, 1900.

Mayor and
Council of
Westminster
authorized to
redeem bonds.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said Mayor and Com-
mon Council be and they are hereby authorized and empowered
at such time and in such manner as they deem best, to issue
bonds equal to the amount of bonds so called in, not exceeding
in amount twenty-three thousand dollars, the bonds so issued
to be signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the Clerk of
said Common Council of Westminster, and to bear interest at
a rate not exceeding four per centum per annum, payable
semi-annually on the first day of January and the first day of
July in each and every year until said bonds are paid off; and
said bonds shall not be disposed of at less than the par value
thereof, and the same shall be exempt from county and
municipal taxation.

Authority to
issue bonds
to amount of
those called in.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said Mayor and Com-
mon Council of Westminster shall fix the period of said
bonds and the denominations thereof; provided that none of
said bonds shall mature at a period of not later than twenty
years after issue, and they shall be issued in denominations
of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one
thousand dollars each; and the said Mayor and Common
Council of Westminster, if they deem it advisable, may
reserve the right to redeem a portion or all of said bonds before
maturity.

Shall fix the
period of bonds
and
denomination
thereof.