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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

County aforesaid, a full statement shall be made of the con-

dition of said sinking fund and the securities thereof.

7. The money arising from the sale of said bonds shall be

Sale of sold

deposited by the said county commissioners to the credit of

bonds

the board of County Commissioners of Prince George's

County aforesaid in some national bank, and the same shall

be drawn out only by check or warrant of said board and

countersigned by at least three of said depositors, and in

drawing checks or warrants relating to the affairs of said

county signatures shall only be attached thereto in session

of said board and when the body of said checks or warrants

shall have been filled in.

8. The bonds of said Prince George's County heretofore

Bonds.

as issued for issue by authority of chapter one hundred and

twenty-one of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety and

now in custody of the county commissioners of said county ,

shall be taken from their place of deposit before the bonds

authorized by this act shall have been put upon the market

for sale, and counted by the clerk of the county commis-

sioners in the presence of said commissioners and of the

treasurer of said county, and after having been so counted

they shall be publicly burned and destroyed.

9. The coupons for the several semi-annual instalments

Signing of

of interest to accrue upon said bonds respectively, shall each

coupons

be signed and countersigned, in like manner as said bonds,

with the genuine signature of the president and clerks of

said board of county commissioners.

10. And be it enacted, That any misapplication of the fund

Misappli-
cation of

provided for by this act by the said county commissioners

funds

shall render them and each and all of them participating in

such misapplication or misuse, liable to indictment by the

grand jury, and upon conviction, they shall be punished by

imprisonment in jail for not less than one nor more than five

years, and limitation shall be no bar to said indictment.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts

Repealed.

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are hereby repealed.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 7th, 1892.