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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the

Treasurer of the State of Maryland be and he is

hereby authorized and directed to pay to the County

Commissioners of Carroll county in each and every

Pay excess "f

year such excess of fees as may be paid into the

fees.

Treasury of the State after the first day of Decem-

ber, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty one,

by the clerk of the Circuit Court for Carroll county,

being the amount of fees received by said clerk in

excess of his compensation for the discharge of his

duties and for the expenses of his offices; and fur-

ther, that the sum of money so paid by the Treasurer

How applied.

to the said commissioners shall be applied by them

exclusively for the purpose of paying the interest

on the bonds authorized to be issued by this act,

and if sufficient for the purpose of also paying the

principal of said bonds; and further, that the pay-

ment of said excess of fees by said Treasurer to

the said commissioners shall continue to be made

until said bonds shall have been fully paid and

satisfied, and no longer; and further, that the said

county commissioners are hereby authorized and

Levy annual-

empowered to levy annually on the assessable

ly.

property of said county a tax sufficient to pay the

semi annual interest on said bonds less the amount

annually received by them from the Treasurer of

the State as aforesaid, if any, and shall also levy,

when necessary, for such sum as may be requisite to

pay the principal of said bonds as the same may

accrue when due; said levy to be designated on the

records of the office of said commissioners and on

the face of said bonds as the Court House Repair

Fund.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the

Exempt from

bonds authorized by this act shall be exempt from

taxation.

all taxation, and that the interest on said bonds

shall be receivable in payment of county taxes.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this act

Effective.

shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 31, 1882.