LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 519

PARKS AND SQUARES.

736. The Board of Park Commissioners, for the purpose
specified in section 96 of this Article, is empowered to form
a zoological collection within the limits of any of the parks and
squares under its control.

737. The said Commissioners are authorized to receive sub-
scriptions of money for the purpose of said collection not to
exceed in amount one hundred thousand dollars, and to issue
certificates of stock therefor, in sums of not less than one hun-
dred dollars, each bearing interest at the rate of six per cent.,
payable half-yearly out of the income derived from said col-
lection, which certificates shall be signed by a member of said
Commissioners appointed by them for the purpose, and the sec-
retary thereof, and have attached thereto a seal, which the said
Commissioners are authorized to adopt for the purpose.

738. In addition to the six per cent, interest aforesaid,
each holder of a certificate shall be entitled to receive for every
one hundred dollars subscribed by him or her, as many free
entrance tickets to the zoological collection as the said Com-
missioners may deem proper.

739. The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore are author-
ized to issue bonds or certificates of indebtedness of said corpo-
ration to an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dol-
lars, to be applied to the purchase of ground for and the estab-
lishment of a park in that portion of the City of Baltimore lying
west of Poppleton street and south of Franklin street in said
City; which said bonds or certificates of indebtedness shall be
payable at such times and bear such rate of interest, not ex-
ceeding three and one-half per centum per annum, as the said
Mayor and City Council shall provide by ordinance; provided,
that the said bonds or certificates of indebtedness shall not be
issued unless the ordinance which the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore are authorized to enact for that purpose shall be