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	in any one year of more than two thousand dollars
	of the principal sum thereof, but none of said bonds
	shall be issued to mature before the first day of Jan-
	uary, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.
	SEC. 4. Be it enacted, That to redeem said bonds
	the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown shall annually
	levy upon the assessable property of said town a tax sufficient to pay the interest thereon and the prin-	Levy annual- ly
	cipal of such portion as may mature in each and
	every year after the date of their issue, and said
	levy shall be known as the " Bonded Debt Fund."
	SEC. 5. Be it enacted, That the said Mayor and
	Council shall cause to be kept and preserved a care-
	ful register of the bonds so called in, which they are	Keep register
	hereby directed to cancel immediately, and to keep
	a careful register of the bonds so issued, including
	therein the number of the bond, the person to whom
	issued, the date of issue and of maturity.
	Approved April 10, 1880.

	CHAPTEE 358.
	AN ACT to defray the costs and expenses in the
	contested election case of Ignatius E. Mattingly
	versus John N. Graves from St. Mary's county.
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
	bly of Maryland, That the Comptroller of the Treas- ury be and he is hereby authorized and directed to
	issue his warrant on the treasurer for such sum of
	money, not exceeding six hundred dollars, in all, as
	may be audited and recommended by the chairman	Issue war-
	of the Committee on Elections of the House of Del-	rant
	egates, for the costs and expenses growing out of the
	contested election case of Ignatius E. Mattingly
	versus John N. Graves from St. Mary's county ; and
	that said sum shall be paid out of the appropriation for Legislative expenses, provided the whole amount
	of counsel fees shall not exceed four hundred dollars.