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in all respects as valid as if the said ordinance had
been passed after the approval of this act, or had been
passed after the enactment of a law by the general
assembly of Maryland authorizing and empowering
the mayor and city council of Baltimore to pass such
an ordinance.

Approved and in force March 23, 1870.

1870, c. 113 entitled an act to authorize the mayor and city council of Baltimore to
issue bonds of the city of Baltimore to an amount not exceeding two millions five
hundred thousand dollars, for the purpose of providing means for the improve-
ment of Jones' Falls within the limits of the city of Baltimore, enacts as follows:

That the mayor and city council of Baltimore is authorized to issue bonds to an
amount not exceeding two millions five hundred thousand dollars, from time to time,
as the same may be required in the course of the construction of the works con-
nected with the improvements of Jones' Falls, for the construction of which pro-
vision is made by the ordinance of the mayor and city council of Baltimore, entitled
"an ordinance to provide for the improvement of Jones' Falls within the limits of
the city of Baltimore, and to open avenues and construct sewers on the borders
thereof, " the said bonds to be issued in sums of not less than one hundred dollars
each, redeemable in thirty years, and bearing interest of six per centum per annum,
payable quarterly, transferable as other city bonds, as provided in sections. one and
two of an ordinance of the mayor and city council of Baltimore, entitled " an ordi-
nance to authorize the issuing of the bonds of the city of Baltimore for the purpose
of providing means for the improvement of Jones' Falls, " approved January thirty-
first, eighteen hundred and seventy; provided, that said bonds shall not be issued
unless the said last mentioned ordinance shall be approved by the votes of a ma-
jority of the legal voters of the said city, cast at the time and places provided for in
the fourth section of the said last mentioned ordinance.

Approved and in force March 23, 1870.

ARTICLE V.

Calvert County.

CRIER. 29. Pay of crier. Dogs AND Foxes. 80. Tax on dogs. 81. Annual statement of number and own- era of dogs. 82 Collectors to collect tax return under oath per centage allowed. &). If tax not paid, dogs to be killed,

84. Compensation for killing foxes. 85. Proof of killing: oath. OYSTERS. 80 Where unlawful to catch for sale. 87. Justice to issue warrant for arrest of offender: seizure of canoe, &c. 88. Justice to try case on conviction, ca- noe, &c, forfeited sale: distribution of proceeds.