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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That said county

To be sold.

commissioners are hereby authorized and re-
quired to sell said bonds to the best advantage
to the highest bidder for cash at a public letting
of said bonds to be held by said county commis-
sioners; provided, however, that said commis-
sioners shall not sell any bonds issued under this
act for less than par ; and provided, also, that
the premium, if any, derived from the sale of
said bonds shall be devoted to the payment of
the interest thereon.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That the money

How to be
issued.

arising from the sale of said bonds issued
under this act shall be used for the payment of
the current expenses of said county provided
for by the annual levy of the county ccmmis-
sioners of said county, made at their levy-lay-
ing term in the month of March, eighteen
hundred and eighty-eight, and for no other
purpose ; and the expenses of said county there-
after, and including those embraced in the
annual levy made in March, eighteen hundred
and eighty-eight, shall be paid as provided in
section six of this act.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That to
facilitate and aid in paying the expenses of the

Taxes— how
paid.

county in cash, for which the bonds mentioned
in this act are issued, that after the passage of
this act all county taxes levied in the year
eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and here-
after, shall be paid in money, except as herein-
before provided; and except when the taxpayer
has a levy upon the books of the county com-
missioners in his favor, in which case he shall
be at liberty, and it shall be lawful for him to
use the full amount of taxes due by him to said
county in payment of same the money due by
the county to him; and the treasurer and col-
lector shall receive a certificate of said indebt-
edness issued by the clerk of the commissioners
of Prince George's county as payment of taxes as
aforesaid.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the county

Levy tax.

commissioners of Prince George's county shall
in each year levy upon the assessable property
in said county such sum of money as may be
necessary to pay the interest on the outstand-