LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

determine, conditioned for the faithful performance of the
contract entered into, and no partial or final payment shall be
made to the contractor until and unless the work already done,
as far as it is done, shall be strictly in accordance with the
specifications and plans signed and accepted by the contractor,
and be accepted by said Commission.

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SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 9, 1898.

CHAPTER 151.
AN ACT to authorize and empower the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore to appropriate annually a sum of
money to pay for the conduct and management of Saint
Martha's Episcopal House, in the city of Baltimore.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore be

Effective.

authorized and empowered to appropriate annually the sum of
five hundred dollars to pay for the conduct and management of
Saint Martha's Episcopal House, in the city of Baltimore.

Appropria-

tion

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 7, 1898.

CHAPTER 152.
AN ACT to add a new section to Article 3 of the Code of
Public Local Laws, title "Baltimore County," under the new
sub-title "Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes," to be
numbered section 14 A, and to follow section 14.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and the same is hereby added to

Effective.

Article 3 of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Baltimore
County," under the new sub-title "Bills of Exchange and
Promissory Notes," to follow section 14 and to be numbered
14 A, and to read as follows:
14 A. It shall be lawful for banks and bankers in Baltimore

New section
added.

county to close their doors for business at twelve o'clock noon
on each and every Saturday in the year; after twelve o'clock
noon shall be a legal half-holiday, so far as regards the pre-
senting for payments or acceptance, and the protesting and
giving notice of the dishonor of bills of exchange, bank

Hours of clos-
ing banks on
Saturday.