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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Sum allowed.

tract; provided said contract shall not allow as com-

pensation, for the entire printing and publishing of

every kind whatsoever of said county, a sum ex-

ceeding seven hundred and fifty dollars.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That if the County

Commissioners of Cecil county fail to effect such

contract for printing and publishing as aforesaid, at

a sum not exceeding tive hundred dollars as afore-

May adopt

said, then they are authorized and empowered to

other mode.

adopt any mode of printing or publishing for said

county, by handbills or otherwise, as in their judg-

ment may seem best for the interest of said county ;

provided the entire cost of same shall not exceed

the sum of five hundred dollars in any one year.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That nothing in this

act shall be construed to relate to the cost of print-

How con-
strued.

ing and publishing the Public Local Laws, passed
at each session of the General Assembly, so long

as the same are required by law to be published in

said county.

Inconsistent

SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That all acts or parts

acts repealed.

of acts inconsistent with this act be and the same

are hereby repealed.

Effective.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 25, 1880.