662 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 464]

relief be extended for a longer period and for a greater amount
herein provided for: and provided that each teacher shall fur-
nish each month a certificate from his or her physician that he
or she is incapacitated from regular duty, and provided that
said board of trustees shall have the right to have said teacher
examined by some other physician at his own discretion.

In case the assessment herein provided for should not be
sufficient to meet the needs of said Relief Fund, the Treasurer
of the School Board shall be empowered to deduct one dollar
or any part thereof from the salary of each teacher for the
month of July, in addition to the twenty-five cents already pro-
vided for, and said treasurer shall pay same to the board of trus-
tees, as heretofore provided for.

Should there be any surplus in the Relief Fund, it may at the
discretion of the board of trustees be transferred to the Eetire-
ment Fund.

Section 17 shall not apply to the Relief Fund, which shall
be operative from September 30, 1912.

The terms "teacher" and "members of the teaching force of
Allegany county." as used in this act, shall mean and include
any superintendent, principal, vice-principal, assistant superin-
tendent, supervisor, assistant supervisor, person in charge of any
special department of instruction, and any teacher or instructor
regularly employed as such by the Board of School Commis-
sioners of said county.

SEC. 20. Be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from
the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1912.

CHAPTER 464.

AN ACT to regulate the charges which may be lawfully made
by pawn-brokers in Allegany county and providing for the
keeping of books by such pawn-brokers and for the inspection
of such books by the County Commissioners of Allegany
County or by an officer or agent to be appointed by such
County Commissioners for such purpose, and providing a
penalty for the failure of any such pawn-broker to observe
the provisions of this act; and providing a penalty for any
person other than a pawn-broker who shall engage in loan-
ing money upon pledges of personal property and charge
therefor more than the legal rate of interest.