LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

thousand dollars. The said bonds to be sold by the said County
Commissioners for not less than the par value thereof, and the
proceeds to be applied to the expenses incurred in remodeling,
improving and furnishing the said court house.

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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said bonds shall be issued
to mature, one during each and every year from the date of
same, and that the said bonds, with interest thereon, shall be
redeemed by said County Commissioners, one during eacli and
every year, until the whole of same shall have been paid, and
the date of issue shall be the same on all bonds authorized by
this Act.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That to redeem said bonds the
County Commissioners shall annually levy upon the assessable

Maturity of
bonds.

property of Talbot county a tax sufficient to pay the one bond
maturing during each and every year, and interest on all of
the bonds authorized by this Act, outstanding and unredeemed ;
the said levy to be separately kept and to be designated as "The
Court House Fund."

Tax to be
levied.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the bonds hereby authorized
shall be exempt from all county and municipal taxes, and that
coupons for interest thereon shall be received by the collectors
in payment of county taxes.

Bonds ex-
empt from
taxation.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved March 8, 1898.

CHAPTER 40.
AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners of Queen
Anne's County to grant a pension to Levy William Clough
of said County.

Effective.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the County Commissioners of Queen Anne's
county are hereby authorized and empowered to grant am
annual pension of fifty dollars to Levy William Clough, of
said county, during the natural life of said Levy William
Clough, and to levy said sum on the assessable property of said
county.

Pensions

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved March 14, 1898.

Effective.