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over to the mayor and city council of Baltimore all
such duties, to be applied under their direction to the
purpose aforesaid.

In force and approved February 6, 1868.

CITY HALL.

1863, c. 391 entitled an act to authorize the mayor and city council of Baltimore to
issue bonds of the said city for the purpose of building a city hall, enacts the follow-
in;: That the mayor and city council of Baltimore be and they are hereby author-
ized to issue the bonds of the said city to an amount not exceeding the sum of one
million of dollars, the proceeds from the sale of said bonds to be used in the con-
struction of a city hall in the city of Baltimore; provided, that before the issue of
said bonds the said loan be authorized by an ordinance of the mayor and city coun-
cil of Baltimore, and approved by a majority of the votes of the legal voters of the
said city, cast at such time and places as may be fixed by said ordinance as pre-
scribed in the seventh section of article eleven of the constitution of this state.

CORONER AND INQUESTS.

1868, c. 457 repeals sections 151, 152, 153 and 154 of this article and enacts the
following as a substitute therefor:

151. The governor, by and with the advice and con- sent of the senate, shall appoint and commission a competent member of the medical profession as sole	1868, c 457 One coronei for Baltimore.
coroner for the city of Baltimore, to hold office during the period of two years, and at an annual salary of two thousand dollars, payable quarterly by the register	Term of office and salary.
of said city; provided, that before entering upon the duties of his office, the person appointed coroner shall	Proviso.
take the oath of office prescribed by the constitution of the state of Maryland for office-holders; and further, shall give a bond to the state of Maryland, with secu- rity to be approved by the judge of the superior court of Baltimore city, in the penalty of five thousand dol- lars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as now prescribed by law, or which shall here- after be prescribed.	Oath and bond