JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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before the State Auditor, or shall refuse to answer upon oath
touching the conduct of such offices, or as to the books and
accounts of said offices shall, on indictment and conviction
thereof, be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one
thousand dollars, in the discretion of the Court ; provided,
however, that the examination of the books shall be made in
the offices of the different officers whose books are to be
examined.

CHAP 257.
Penalty.

220. In case the State Auditor shall fail to make the annual
report herein provided for, or shall in other respects wilfully
fail or neglect to perform the duties herein provided for, he
may be removed from office by said Board of Public Works,
or a majority of them. In the event of the death, resignation,
refusal to act or removal of said officer the Board of Public
Works shall have the authority to till such vacancy.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 8, 1902.

CHAPTER 258.
AN ACT to authorize the Mayor and Common Council of
Westminster to issue its bonds or certificates of indebtedness
to the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars for the pur-
pose of providing that amount of money to enable the said
Mayor and Common Council of Westminster to subscribe
for and purchase capital stock of the Washington, West-
minster and Gettysburg Railroad Company, of Maryland,
of the par value of fifty dollars per share, to the amount of
twenty-five thousand dollars.

Removal
from office,
etc.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the Mayor and Common Council of West-
minster be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to

issue bonds in the name of the Mayor and Common Council
of Westminster in sums of not less than five hundred dollars
nor more than one thousand dollars each, to be signed by the
Mayor and countersigned by the clerk of the Mayor and
Common Council of Westminster, and said bonds shall be
sealed with the corporate seal of the Common Council of
Westminster, to the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars,
bearing interest at the rate not exceeding five per centum per
annum, the interest thereon to be paid semi annually on the
first day of January and July in each and every year, and
each of said bonds be payable thirty years after date to bearer,

Authorized
to
Issue bonds.