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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

To mature.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said bonds shall be issued to mature at such dates as shall not require the payment in any one year of more than five hundred dollars of the principal sum thereof.

Annual levy.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said county commissioners shall annually levy upon the assessable property of Calvert county a special tax sufficient to pay the interest on said bonds and to retire annually five hundred dollars of the principal, and that the money thus raised shall be known and kept as the public building improvement fund and shall be

Be applied.

applied by the said county commissioners to the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds as aforesaid, and to no other purpose whatever, and that said tax shall be collected as all other State and county taxes are collected in Calvert county.

Authorized.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said county commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered, to place said bonds in the market arid cause them to be sold, the preference of their purchase being given to the citizens of the county.

Authorized.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said county commissioners be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to enlarge, improve or otherwise repair the public buildings or to build an office for the clerk of the circuit court, and an office for the use of the orphan's court of said county; the cost of said improvements to be paid out of said fund, (or so much as may be necessary, ) raised under the provisions of this act.,

Authorized to insure.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the county commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to have said Public Buildings insured against loss by fire in such sums as they may deem necessary, and shall provide for the payment of premiums thereon.

In force.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 25, 1876.