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convenient after the Company is organized, and thereafter at such times and places as the said President and Directors of said Company may de- termine.
Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That nothing herein contained shall he construed to authorize the said corporation to issue any note, token or device to be used as currency.	Not to issue as currency.
Sec. 7. And be [it] enacted, That the General Assembly reserves the right to alter, amend or re- peal this Act at pleasure.	Alter or amend.
Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved April 4, 1870.	In force.
CHAPTER 194.
AN ACT to aid and assist the Fire Department of Hagerstown. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown be and they are hereby authorized and
empowered to appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars to the First Hagerstown Hose Company, for the purpose of assisting said Company in pur- chasing part of a lot of ground in Hagerstown for the erection of a building in which to store their engine, hose and other apparatus; and that the said Mayor and Council of Hagerstown be and they are hereby further authorized and empowered		Appropriation to assist.
to levy the amount of said appropriation upon the taxable property of said town, at the time next ensuing the passage of this Act when other taxes are levied by said Mayor and Council.		Levy tax.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall go into effect from and after the day of its passage. Approved April 4, 1870.		In force.