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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

amounts herein appropriated for the purposes of
this act.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the sum of

Amount ap-
propriated.

five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, be and the same is hereby appro-
priated out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to pay for the purchase
of said tablets or monuments and having the
same properly erected, and all the expenses ne-
cessarily connected therewith, and the further
sum of one thousand dollars is also hereby ap-
propriated to pay to the Gettysburg battle-field
memorial association, for the purchase of land

Lay out ave-
nues.

upon which to erect said monuments, laying out
avenues leading thereto, and for taking care of
said monuments after their erection ; and when
said tablets or monuments shall be completed
and properly erected, the said commissioners, or
a majority of them, shall certify the same to the
comptroller of the treasury, who shall, upon pro-
per vouchers, to be approved by said commis-
sioners, draw his warrant or warrants upon the
state treasurer for the amounts hereinbefore ap-
propriated, or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the necessary

Necessary ex-
penses — how
paid.

expenses incurred by said commissioners in the
carrying out of this act, not to exceed in all five
hundred dollars, shall be paid out of the said
sum of five thousand dollars ; and the said
comptroller is hereby authorized to draw his
warrant upon the treasurer therefor upon re-
ceiving an itemized account of such expenses
verified by the affidavit of said commissioners,

Who to draw
warrant.

or one of them, and the said comptroller is
hereby authorized to draw his warrant as afore-
said for the payment for any one or more of
said tablets or monuments when completed and
properly erected, and certified as aforesaid, be-
fore they are all erected and completed ; pro-
vided, the amount so paid for on account of any
single tablet or monument, before the comple-
tion of the whole work, shall not exceed nine
hundred ($900) dollars.

Effective,

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 23, 1888.