JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 583

CHAPTER 377.
AN ACT to amend section three of the Acts of the
General Assembly of this State, passed at the ses-
sion of eighteen hundred and seventy-four, chapter
three hundred and sixty-seven, entitled " An act
to enable the Commissioners of Somerset county
to provide a fund for the redemption of outstand-
ing county bonds," by repealing said section three
and re-enacting the same with amendments.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That section three of chapter three
hundred and sixty-seven of the Acts of the General
Assembly of this State, passed at the session of	Repealed and
eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled "An	re-enacted.
act to enable the Commissioners of Somerset county
to provide a fund for the redemption of outstanding
county bonds, be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted so as read as follows :
3. If the bids for redemption are not such as in
the judgment of such County Commissioners ought
to be accepted, then said commissioners shall imme-
diately cause all the funds they may have in hand	Invest funds on hand.
on that account to be invested in State bonds, or in
Baltimore city bonds, paying six per cent, interest,
or in mortgages or judgments on unincumbered real
estate in said county, which said real estate shall be
assessed to at least twice the amount of the sum so
invested on mortgage or judgments, and the said commissioners shall collect the interest semi-annually and reinvest the same for the purpose of providing a
fund for the payment of said Bonds.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	In force.
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 1, 1878.