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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 346.

AN ACT to authorize, the Comptroller of the State Treasury
to loan a sum of money from the treasury for the mainten-
ance of the State Fishery Force, in the event of a deficiency,
to be reimbursed from the first receipts into the treasury for
the use of the Oyster Fund.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

To loan
money to
"oyster
fund."

land, That in the event of any deficiency in the moneys in the
treasury to the credit of the "Oyster Fund," at or before the
end of the fiscal year of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, that
the Comptroller of the Treasury be and he is hereby authorized
and directed to advance, for the purpose of meeting the
expenses of the State Fishery Force, from other moneys in the
treasury, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, to be applied to the payment of
the salaries of the officers and crews of said force and for other
necessary expenses thereof.

Repayment
of loan.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That from the first moneys
received into the treasury for the purposes of the "Oyster
Fund," after the said advance has thus been made, that the
Comptroller be and he is hereby directed to apply such moneys,
in excess of the current expenses of said State Fishery Force,
to the repayment to the State of such snrn or sums as may be
so advanced, and to continue the payment thereof, subject to
the limitation herein provided, until the entire amount of such
advance shall have been paid.

Effective.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That this act shall take effect
from the date its passage.

Approved April 4th, 1896.

CHAPTER 347.

AN ACT making appropriations for the support of the State
Government for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day
of September, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.

Appropria-
tions for
year ending
Sept. 30, 1898.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That for the expenditures in the support of the State
Government for the fiscal year beginning with the first day of
October, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and ending with
the thirtieth day of September, eighteen hundred and ninety-