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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a mis-

demeanor and be liable to presentment and indict-

Fine for fail-
ure to perform

ment by the grand jury, and on conviction in a
court of law shall be fined not less than twenty-five

duty.

dollars nor more than fifty dollars, in the discretion

of the court, said fine to be applied to the said road

fund.

Approved March 15, 1882.

Chapter 38.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the County

Commissioners of Montgomery county to fund

certain indebtedness of the Board of County

School Commissioners of Montgomery county, by

issuing bonds therefor, and to levy a tax for the

payment of the same.

WHEREAS the County School Commissioners of

Montgomery county became indebted for certain

sums of money, at different times, to maintain their

Preamble.

schools and provide school houses, which said sums

of money are now due and unpaid; and whereas it

is desirable that said indebtedness should be pro-

vided for so as to be paid off gradually —

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That the County Commissioners

of Montgomery county be and they are hereby au-

Authorized

thorized and empowered, in their discretion, to issue

to Issue bonds.

bonds to an amount not exceeding eighteen thousand

dollars, in sums of not less than one hundred nor

more than one thousand dollars each, to be signed by

the President of the Board of said County Commis-

sioners, and countersigned by the clerk of said

Rate of in-

board, and to bear interest at a rate not to exceed

terest.

five per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually on

the first days of June and December in each and every

year during which the said bonds may run and re-

main unpaid, and the coupons for interest on said

bonds shall be receivable by the collectors of taxes

for said county in payment of county taxes; pro-