126 ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY. [ART. 2.

1874, ch. 485.

122. It shall not be lawful for said commissioners to become

surety for any person appointed to or holding office under them.

Ibid.

123. The county commissioners shall, at the usual time of
making the levy upon the taxable property of said county, for
other State and county purposes, make such additional rate of
levy as is now or may hereafter be fixed by law, for the support
of the public schools of said county, and may, in their discretion,
levy such additional rate as they may deem necessary to promote
the efficiency of the said schools; said levy for school purposes
not to exceed twenty cents on the hundred dollars; the school
tax, so fixed by law and levied, in the discretion of said commis-
sioners, shall be made separate from the levy for other county
and State purposes, and shall constitute a separate fund, and
shall not be used for any other purpose but that for which it was
levied; and said school taxes shall be paid directly to the school
board of said county by the treasurer of said county.

1896, ch. 365.

124. They shall levy on the assessable property of the

county such sums as may be necessary to pay the interest
on the bonds authorized by the act of 1886, chapter 365,
for the repair, improvement and enlargement of the court-house,
and also such sums as may be necessary to retire the bonds them-
selves when they shall mature; and said bonds shall be exempt
from county and municipal taxation.

1888, ch. 192.

125. They are authorized and empowered, whenever it
shall seem to them expedient for the encouragement of
the growth and development of manufactures and manufac-
turing industry in said county, upon the application as here-
inafter provided, of any individual, firm or corporation actu-
ally engaged in the business of manufacturing in said county, to
abate all taxes for any year which may hereafter be levied for
county or school purposes by authority of said county commis-
sioners, upon any mechanical tools or implements, whether