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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

five thousand dollars thereof at the end of seven years

from the date of issuing the same; five thousand dol-

lars at the end of each year thereafter until all are

due; and said commissioners are authorized to dispose

of said bonds at not less than par, and to devote the

proceeds thereof to the purposes above mentioned ;

and the commissioners shall levy annually, on the tax-

Levy annually.

able property in said county, a sum of money sufficient

to pay the interest on said bonds, and shall levy on the

taxable property of said county a sum of money suf-

ficient to pay the principal of said bonds when and as

they mature; and the bonds issued under the provi-

sions of this section shall not be liable to be taxed for

county or municipal purposes.

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

Effective.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 20, 1884.

Chapter 74.

AN ACT to appropriate certain fines and forfeitures

to purchasing a Law Library for the Courts of

Frederick county.

WHEREAS it is proposed to establish, a public law

library in Frederick county, for the use of the courts

Preamble.

of said county, under the care and direction of said

courts, therefore —

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That hereafter all fines and penalties

imposed by the circuit court for Frederick county, upon

persons convicted in said court of any crime not ex-

ceeding in grade a misdemeanor, except such fines as

Fines— how

now are applied by law to the county school board of

collected.

Frederick county, shall be collected by the sheriff of

said Frederick county, and all forfeitures that may be

collected by said court, by judgment or decree of said

court, and used under order of said court in purchas-

ing law books for the use of the public law library of

said court.