WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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said county shall require, to enforce payment by all

Enforce pay-

lawful means of the said mortgages, when the same

ment.

become due and remain unpaid, or the said com-

missioners may, in their discretion, at any time,

assign and transfer the said mortgages and stocks,

and in either event, invest the proceeds thereof in

other and different securities, or in the purchase and

redemption of the said bonds.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall

Effective.

take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 30, 1882.

Chapter 303.

AN ACT to authorize the Board of Public Works

of this State, having charge of the State Fishery

Force, to build or purchase a proper vessel for dis-

trict number one as named in chapter one hun-

dred and ninety-eight of the acts of eighteen

hundred and eighty, known as the Oyster Law.

WHEREAS the sloop Mary Compton, of the State

Fishery Force, on district number one of the waters

of the Chesapeake bay and tributaries, is in such

condition that to repair the same would be as ex-

pensive as to build or purchase a new vessel; and

Preamble.

whereas the present condition of said sloop is such

that she is not only unfit for such service, but un-

safe for the officers and crew therein; and whereas

the Board of Public Works have no authority to

purchase or build a new vessel; therefore —

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That the Board of Public Works

are hereby authorized and directed to build or pur-

Build or pur-

chase a proper vessel for district number one as

chase.

designated in chapter one hundred and ninety-eight

of the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty, in the

place of the sloop Mary Compton.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the sum of

twenty-five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as

Appropriation

may be necessary to purchase or build such vessel,