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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

of the expenses of engraving or printing, and other expenses
connected with the issne of the consolidated loan authorized
by this Act, and for the payment of the advertising directed
by this Act, and of all incidental expenses necessarily con-
nected with the execution of the provisions of this Act ; and
the said sum of money hereby appropriated shall be paid, as
when required by the Treasurer of this State, upon the warrant
of the Comptroller of the Treasury, upon vouchers approved
by him.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the County Com-

Levy State
tax.

missioners of the several counties of this State, and the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore City are hereby directed to
levy the State taxes for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-
nine, and annually thereafter, to be collected according to law,
to the amount of whatever amount may be designated to be
levied by the Act of eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, fixing
the tax rate for outstanding debt to meet the interest and to
create a sinking fund for the redemption of "The Consolidated
Loan of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine."

Effective.

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

CHAPTER 220.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 22
of Article eighty-one of the Code of Public General Laws,
title "Revenue and Taxes," sub-title "Rate and Items of
State Tax," as said section was amended by the Acts of
1896, chapter 165.
WHEREAS, The payment of the "Defense Redemption
Loan," which will mature on the first day of Jannary,

Preamble.

eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, has been provided for by
the amount of two million two hundred thousand dollars to
the credit of the sinking funds, and applicable to said debt ;
and,
WHEREAS, The other loans of the State of Maryland each

Preamble.

have in their sinking funds a large amount of the bonds of
this State, and it becomes necessary to re-adjust the State tax so
as to provide for the payment of the interest on the several
loans of the State, and also provide sinking funds for the pay-
ment of the principal of the bonds of the State as they
mature ; and