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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

every half holiday Saturday shall, until' twelve o'clock noon,
be deemed a secular business day. Nothing in this section
shall affect the provisions of sections 9 and 10 of Article 3 of
the Code of Public General Laws, applicable to any Saturday,
whenever the same, under the provisions of said section, shall
be a legal holiday.

Effective.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 8, 1898.

CHAPTER 367.
AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners of Somer-
set County to fund certain indebtedness of said County, to
issue bonds, and to levy a tax for the payment of the same.
WHEREAS, The County Commissioners of Somerset county

Preamble.

are indebted unto sundry persons and corporate institutions in
certain sums of money, the same having been levied in the
years 1890, 1891, 1892 and 1893, and are unable to pay said
indebtedness, because taxes levied in said years have not been
collected by reason of insolvencies, and for other reasons ; and

Preamble.

WHEREAS, It is desirable to provide for the gradual liquida-
tion of said indebtedness ; therefore,

Bonds to be
Issued.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the County Commissioners of Somerset county be
and they are hereby directed to immediately issue bonds to the
amount of twenty-five thousand dollars, said bonds to be in
sums of five hundred dollars each, to be signed by the presi-
dent of the said County Commissioners, and countersigned by
the clerk of the Board of County Commissioners with the cor-
porate seal of said board attached to each and every bond so
issued ; said bonds to bear interest at a rate not exceeding four
and one-half per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually on
the first day of April and the first day of October in each and
every year until the maturity thereof, and to have coupons
attached to them for the interest, and the said coupons shall be
receivable by the collector of taxes or County Treasurer for
said county in payment of county taxes, and said bonds shall
be exempt from County and municipal taxation.

When to
mature.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That said bonds shall be issued
to mature as follows : One thousand dollars thereof in the year
1908, and annually thereafter the sum of fifteen hundred dol-
lars per year until all of said bonds shall have matured, and