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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

tion of the Governor; for printing State School Report, thir-
teen hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary ;
for the expenses of the Secretary of the Lunacy Commission,
fifteen hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary.

PUBLIC DEBT.

Public debt.

For the payment of the interest on the public debt of the
State, three hundred and five thousand dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary.

Disburse-
ment of
appropria-

tions

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the Treasurer of the State,
on the warrant of the Comptroller, shall disburse the said sum
or sums of money herein appropriated for the objects and pur-
poses herein specified, to or upon the order of the person or
persons, or body politic or corporate, entitled to receive the
same.

Effective.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from
and after the first day of October, eighteen hundred and
ninety-six.

Approved April 4, 1896.

CHAPTER 370.

AN ACT to authorize the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more to issue the stock of said corporation to an amount not
exceeding one million six hundred thousand dollars, for
funding the floating debt of the city existing on December
31, 1895, and to authorize the submission of any ordinance
for that purpose to the legal voters of said city.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore be and

May issue
stock.

they are hereby authorized to issue the stock of the city of
Baltimore to an amount not exceeding one million six hundred
thousand dollars, the proceeds thereof to be used for funding
the floating debt of the city existing on December 31, 1895;
said stock shall be issued from time to time in such amounts,
payable at such time or times, and shall bear such rate of inter-
est as the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall provide
by ordinance; but the said stock shall not be issued unless the
ordinance which the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore are
hereby authorized to enact, shall be approved by a majority of