WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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of Wills still unfinished, and it is of public import-

ance that the same shall be done without further

delay; therefore —

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That the Register of Wills of

said county be and he is hereby authorized and re-

Authorized

quired to do and perform said unfinished work, and

and required.

he shall be paid therefor as hereinafter provided,

the same rate of compensation as is allowed by law

for similar work and services.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the commission-

ers of said county be and they are hereby authorized

and directed to levy upon the assessable property of

Levy upon as-
sessable prop-

said county a sufficient sum to enable them to pay

erty.

the said Register of Wills for doing and performing

said work, not exceeding, however, four hundred

dollars.

Approved March 30, 1882.

Chapter 208.

AN ACT to encourage the development of Man-

ufactures and Manufacturing Industry in Fred-

erick city.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That the Mayor and Aldermen of

Frederick city are authorized and empowered, when-

ever it shall seem to them expedient for the encour-

agement of the growth and development of man-

ufactures and manufacturing industry in the city

of Frederick, to provide by general ordinance for the

Provide by

abatement of any or all taxes levied by authority of

general ordi-
nance.

said Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick, or any ordi-

nance thereof, for any of the corporate uses thereof,

or for the exemption from taxation for municipal

purposes upon any mechanical tools or implements,

whether worked by hand or by steam, or other

motive power, machinery, manufacturing apparatus

or engines owned by any individual, firm or corpor-

ation, in said city, and properly subject to valuation

and taxation therein, which said tools, implements.