1226 LAWS OP MARYLAND. [Ch. 732]

tion not exceeding nine hundred dollars each per annum; they
shall also be allowed their actual expenses when away from the
City of Baltimore in the businjess of their office; they shall be
attached to and be part of the Maryland Bureau of Statistics
and Information; and be subject to the order of the chief of
said bureau, whose duty it shall be to see that the provisions of
this act aiv enforced; and said chief of said bureau is further
empowered to designate one or more regular physicians, who
shall be attached to and be part of the Maryland Bureau of
Statistics and Information and be subject to the order of the
chief of said bureau, who shall have such duties and receive
such compensation as shall be determined upon by said chief,
provided, however, that the total compensation of all physicians
so employed by said chief of the Maryland Bureau of Statistics
and Information shall not exceed twenty-five hundred dollars
per annum and the salaries of said physicians shall be paid by
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore upon the warrant of
the Chief of the Maryland Bureau of Statistics and Informa-
tion.

49. All persons authorized to issue employment certificates
under this act are hereby authorized to take such affidavits or
administer such oaths as may be called for in the issuance of
certificates in this act, and are hereby forbidden to charge or
receive a fee therefor.

50. The sum of twelve thousand dollars per annum is hereby
appropriated to carry out the provisions of this act.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of
acts inconsistent herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act
shall apply to or affect the prosecution of any offense which
may have been committed prior to the passage of this act, or
the punishment provided for such offense.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take
effect from and after December 1, 1912.

Approved April 11, 1912.

CHAPTER 732.

AN ACT to provide for the erection and equipment of a public
school house at Riverdale and for the erection and equipment
of an addition to the present public school house at Brent-
wood, both in Prince George's county, State of Maryland,
and for issuing of bonds for the payment of same.