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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

belonging to said county, money to an amount not

exceeding two thousand dollars towards building,.

repairing and buying school houses and purchas-

ing school house sites for public school purposes

in said county.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all acts of assem-

Inconsistent
acts repealed

bly, or any parts thereof, inconsistent with the
provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby

repealed.

Effective.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10, 1880.

CHAPTER 235.

AN ACT to encourage the development of manu-

factures and manufacturing industry in the city

of Baltimore, by adding for that purpose an addi-

tional section to article four of the Code of Public

Local Laws, title "Baltimore city," sub-title

" Taxes and Loans."

SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That the following section be-

Additional

and the same is hereby added to article four of the

section.

Code of Public Local Laws, title " Baltimore city,"

sub-title " Taxes and Loans : "

2. The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore are

Abatement of

authorized and empowered, whenever it shall seem

taxes.

expedient for the encouragement of the growth and

development of manufactures and manufacturing

industry in said city, to provide by general ordinance

for the abatement of any or all taxes levied by

authority of said Mayor and City Council, or any