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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 200.

Appropria-
tion.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two
thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is
hereby appropriated for the payment of the expenses of
engraving, printing and other outlays connected with the
issue of the loan hereby authorized, and for the payment
of the advertising directed by this Act, and all other inci-
dental expenses connected with the execution of its pro-
visions.

Levy to be
made.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the County Com-
missioners of this State and the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore, are directed to levy the State taxes for the year
1902, and annually thereafter, at three-quarters of one cent on
each one hundred dollars of assessable property, to be collected
according to law, to meet the interest and create a sinking
fund for the redemption of the " State Loan of 1902,
created under the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 8, 1902.

CHAPTER 201.
AN ACT to amend the Charter of the President and Direc-
tors of the German Fire Insurance Company of Baltimore,
and to amend, extend and supplement an Act passed at the
Session of the General Assembly of eighteen hundred and
sixty-five, Chapter thirty-six, entitled an Act to incorporate
the German Fire Insurance Company of Baltimore, and
also an Act passed at the Session of eighteen hundred and
seventy-six, Chapter thirty-five, and also an Act passed at
the Session of eighteen hundred and eighty-four, Chapter
four hundred and fifty-seven, all amending and supplement-
ing the charter of said company.

Certain
powers
granted.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the president and directors of the German
Fire Insurance Company of Baltimore shall have the power
to acquire by purchase, exchange, lease, mortgage, pledge or
in any other manner whatsoever any lands, chattels, shares of
stock of any corporation, including corporations having all or
some of the same or similar powers, bonds, certificates of
indebtedness, notes or any kind of securities or any real,
personal or mixed property of any kind or character, or any
interest or estate therein, and to hold, enjoy, sell, exchange,
lease or in any other manner dispose of any property it may