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this section shall be deemed giiilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction,
shall be fined not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars for each
offence, and imprisoned until the fine and costs shall be paid.

PARKS AND SQUARES.

1876, ch. 344. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 712.

736. The Board of Park Commissioners, for the purpose specified in
Section 96 of this Article, is empowered to form a zoological collection
within the limits of any of the parks and squares under its control.

The Act 1906, ch. 58, authorizes the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to
retain as a public reservation or park, the triangular lot of ground at the inter
section of Hopkins Place and Baltimore Street.

1876, ch. 344. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 713.

737. The said Commissioners are authorized to receive subscriptions,
of money for the purpose of said collection not to exceed in amount one
hundred thousand dollars, and to issue certificates of stock therefor, in
sums of not less than one hundred dollars, each bearing interest at the
rate of six per cent., payable half-yearly out of the income derived from
said collection, which certificates shall be signed by a member of said
Commissioners appointed by them for the purpose, and the secretary
thereof, and have attached thereto a seal, which the said Commissioners,
are authorized to adopt for the purpose.

1876, ch. 344. P. L. L. (18SS), Art. 4, sec. 714.

738. In addition to the six per cent, interest aforesaid, each holder of
a certificate shall be entitled to receive for every one hundred dollars
subscribed by him or her, as many free entrance tickets to the zoological
collection as the said Commissioners may deem proper.

1886, ch. 438. P. L. L. (1SSS), Art. 4, sec. 720.

739. The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore are authorized to
issue bonds or certificates of indebtedness of said corporation to an amount
not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, to be applied to the pur-
chase of ground for and the establishment of a park in that portion of
the City of Baltimore lying west of Poppleton street and south of Frank-
lin street in said city; which said bonds or certificates of indebtedness
shall be payable at such times and bear such rate of interest not exceeding
three and one-half per centum per annum, as the said Mayor and City
Council shall provide by ordinance; provided, that the said bonds or cer-
tificates of indebtedness shall not be issued unless the ordinance which
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore are authorized to enact for
that purpose shall be approved by a majority of the votes of the legal
voters of said city, cast at the time and places to be designated by said
ordinance, in the provision for submitting the same to the legal voters of
said city, as required by Section 7, Article XI, of the Constitution of
Maryland; provided, however, that the said bonds or certificates of indebt-