ART. 3.] BALTIMORE COUNTY. 577

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Board of County Commissioners of Baltimore
county be and they are hereby authorized, empowered, directed
and required to levy and collect such a tax upon the assessable
property of said county as the Board of County School Com-
missioners of said county shall designate as proper, to defray
the usual and necessary expenses of the public school system
of said county; provided, that said tax shall not exceed thirty
cents on the one hundred dollars; taxes so levied and collected
shall be levied and collected as other taxes and shall be paid
over to the treasurer of the Board of County School Commis-
sioners of Baltimore county, upon the order of the Board of
County School Commissioners of Baltimore county, at such
times and in such amounts as shall be necessary; provided, the
collections from said school levy shall be sufficient for said
purpose, and when not sufficient funds on hand from the said
school levy, the said County Commissioners of Baltimore
county, at their discretion, are authorized to advance a suffi-
cient sum to apply such deficiency from any other funds not
immediately demandable for other purposes of said county.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the Board of County Com-
missioners of Baltimore county be and they are hereby author-
ized and empowered, in their discretion, to levy and collect
for the years 1908 and 1909, a tax upon the assessable property
of Baltimore county, at the rate-of three cents on the one hun-
dred dollars, the same to be in addition to the tax provided for
in the preceding section hereof, and to be used for the purpose
of the erection of new school buildings in said county, to be
levied and collected as other taxes are, and paid over to the
treasurer of the said Board of County School Commissioners
of Baltimore county, at the time and under the same regula-
tions as provided for the payment of the taxes referred to in the
preceding section, as therein set forth; provided, however, that
there shall be no other levy for Baltimore county for school
purposes, and that all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent here-
with are hereby repealed in so far as they apply to Baltimore
county.

S.EC. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 6, 1908.

CHAPTER 98.

AN ACT authorizing, ratifying and confirming a certain agree-
ment entered into between the Mayor and City Conncil of