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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Arduous work

WHEREAS, Since said bill was offered it has been found that

during win-

owing to the severity of the winter (the hardest in forty years)

ter of 1903-4.

the iceboats have been called on for more than the usual yearly

work, and thus adding largely to the cost of running said boats,

and which cost could not be estimated in time to include in the

other bill; now, therefore,

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Appropriation
for iceboat.

land, That the sum of three thousand dollars, or so much

thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appro-

priated for the iceboat Annapolis to be paid to the Harbor

Board of Baltimore.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 12, 1904.

CHAPTER 688.

AN ACT to make an appropriation for the iceboat Annapolis.

Appropriation
for mainte-

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the sum of ten thousand dollars be and the same

nance, repair,
etc.. of ice-

is hereby appropriated for the maintenance, repair and opera-

boat Anna-

tion of the iceboat Annapolis (owned jointly by the State of

polis.

Maryland and the City of Baltimore), the said sum to be paid

to the Harbor Board of Baltimore in two equal annual pay-

ments; provided, that whenever the Governor or the Harbor

Board find it necessary to do so, that the Annapolis (or the

Latrobe) shall keep the bay and its tributaries, when acces-

sible (north of the Choptank river) ; free from obstruction by

ice when this service can be done without detriment to the

commerce of the port of Baltimore.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 12, 1904.

CHAPTER 689.

AN ACT to refund to the United Shirt and Collar Company,

a corporation, certain moneys erroneously paid into the

Treasury.