PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 843

or person having charge of and the disbursement of the funds
of such, institution or corporation, that they, as such officers,
have personal knowledge that no sum of money has been paid
to, or promised to be paid to any legislative agent, attorney or
lobbyists for any services rendered in securing the passage of
the act making such appropriation.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11, 1912.

CHAPTER 577.

ACT to authorize the County Commissioners of Talbot
County to issue coupon bonds of said county to the amount
of thirty thousand dollars for the purpose of providing money
to pay for the construction or rebuilding of the bridge over
Miles River in Talbot county and known as The Miles River
Bridge, and to levy a tax for the payment of said bonds.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the County Commissioners of Talbot County be and
they are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow in their
discretion on the credit of Talbot county the sum of thirty thou-
sand dollars, and to issue coupon bonds therefor in the sum of
one thousand dollars each, to be signed by the president of the
Board of County Commissioners of Talbot County, and attested
by the treasurer of said county, and the corporate seal of the
County Commissioners of Talbot County shall be affixed
thereto, which said bonds shall be denominated "The Miles
River Bridge Construction Bonds," and the said bonds shall
bear interest at the rate of five per centum per annum, payable
send-annually, accounting from the date of the issuance thereof,
and the said bonds shall be sold by the said County Commis-
sioners of Talbot County for a sum of money not less than the
par value of the same.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said bonds to be issued
under this act shall mature, two in each and every year, from
the date of issuing the same, and the said bonds, with interest
thereon, shall be paid and cancelled by the said County Commis-
sioners of Talbot County, two during each and every year, until
the whole of the said bonds have been paid, and the date of
issue shall be the same on all the bonds issued under this act