JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

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levied for school purposes by the county commis-

sioners of said county, in addition to the amount

annually received by the said school commissioners

from the Treasurer of the State; and they shall not

Not borrow.

borrow any sum or sums of money in any one year

in excess of their actual receipts and incomes for

such year, as provided for by law; and it shall not

be lawful for said county school commissioners to

contract or pay any debt in excess of the annual

revenues provided by law for school purposes; nor

shall the county commissioners for said county

assume or pay any debt or any portion thereof,

contracted in violation of the provisions of this act.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

effect and be in force from the date of its passage.

In force.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That all laws inconsistent

with the provisions of this act, be and the same are

Repealed.

hereby repealed.

Approved April 8, 1876.

CHAPTER 320.

AN ACT granting to certain soldiers and widows

of soldiers of the war of eighteen hundred aud

twelve, a pension of eighty dollars per annum to

be paid in quarterly instalments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That the State Treasurer, upon the war-

rant of the Comptroller, be and he is hereby author-

ized and directed to pay an annual pension of eighty

Authorized

dollars, in four equal and quarterly installments of

and directed

twenty dollars each, to each one of the persons here-

inafter named, during his or her natural life, to wit:

provided, that no person shall be entitled to a pen-

Proviso.

sion, under this act, unless they prove by two wit-

nesses, to the satisfaction of the comptroller, that the

applicant served in the war of 1812 and 1814, or if a