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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

shall not apply to Baltimore county and Washington county,
nor affect the law there in force.
Approved April 7, 1898.

CHAPTER 248.
AN ACT authorizing and directing the County Commissioners
of Washington County in their discretion to levy and collect
annually in perpetuity a sum of money in aid of the main-
tenance of a free library to be established in the town of
Hagerstown, in said county.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Enter into a
contract.

Maryland, That the County Commissioners of Washington
county be and they are hereby authorized and directed in their
discretion to enter into a contract with The Washington
County Free Library, whereby they shall contract to contribute
annually in perpetuity the sum of fifteen hundred dollars per
annum for the care and maintenance of the said, The Washing-
ton County Free Library.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of carrying

Levy a sum
of money.

out the obligations which may be incurred under the provisions
of the foregoing section, that the said County Commissioners
of Washington county be and they are hereby authorized and
directed, in their discretion, to levy and collect annually in
perpetuity, on the assessable property of said county, a sum of
money sufficient to meet the obligation to be incurred by the
said County Commissioners of Washington county, under the
provisions of the foregoing section.

Effective.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from and after its passage.
Approved April 7, 1898.