4906 ARTICLE 22.

plants and the like in Hagerstown and elsewhere in Washington County,
the County Commissioners of said County are hereby authorized and
empowered to exempt from County Taxation for a period of years not
exceeding ten from the date of the passage of this Act, such factories,
manufacturing industries, establishments, plants and the like, and the
land, machinery and tools therewith used, stock in trade and products,
thereof as may be located in said Hagerstown or elsewhere in said county
since the 1st day of January, 1926, or may locate therein within a period
of ten years from the 1st day of January, 1926; said County Commis-
sioners to determine what factories, manufacturing industries, establish-
ments, plants and the like are within the meaning and purpose of this.
Act; provided, however, that such exemption from county taxation shall
only be granted when ten or more wage earners are regularly employed
by the person, persons, or corporation applying to the said County Com-
missioners for the benefit hereof.
See sec. 383.

MUSEUM OF ARTS.

1929, ch. 99, sec. 1.

686. The County Commissioners of Washington County are hereby
authorized and empowered in their discretion to enter into contracts with
The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts to contribute not more
than a total of five thousand dollars per annum for the care and mainte-
nance of the said The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts.

See secs. 409-412.

1929, ch. 99, sec. 2.

687. The said County Commissioners of Washington County are here-
by authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to levy and collect
annually, on the assessable property of said County, a sum of money
sufficient to meet the obligations that may be incurred by the said County
Commissioners of Washington County, under the provisions of the fore-
going section.

ORPHANS' COURT.

1916, ch. 425, sec. 1. 1924, ch. 38, sec. 328A. 1927, ch. 549.

688. The sessions of the Orphans' Court of Washington County shall
be held on Tuesday and Friday of each week, from 10 o'clock A. M. until
3 o'clock P. M., and on such other days as in the judgment of the Court
the public business and convenience requires; and the said Judges of the
Orphans' Court of Washington County shall each receive the sum of
Seven Dollars and Fifty Cents ($7.50) for each day's attendance upon
the sessions of said Court.

1916, ch. 425, sec. 2. 1924, ch. 38, sec. 328B.

689. The County Commissioners of said county shall levy annually
such sum as they may estimate will be sufficient to pay the Judges of the