806 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

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

Approved April 13, 1908.

TAX ON MORTGAGES—See Chapter 283, page 242.

CHAPTER 38.

AN ACT to repeal chapter 404 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland of the session of 1880, entitled "An
Act to authorize the County Commissioners of Frederick
county in their discretion, to levy annually a sum of money
for the erection and furnishing of new school houses in said
county," and to re-enact said chapter 404 of the said Acts of
1880, with amendments thereto providing for the enlarge-
ment of the powers and duties of the Board of County School
Commissioners of Frederick county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That chapter 404 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland of the session of 1880, entitled "An Act to authorize
the County Commissioners of Frederick county in their discre-
tion, to levy annually, a sum of money for the erection and fur-
nishing of new school houses in said county," be and the same
is hereby repealed and the same is hereby re-enacted with
amendments thereto providing for. the enlargement of the
powers and duties of the Board of County School Commission-
ers of Frederick county, so as to read as follows:

SEC. 2. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the Board of County School Commissioners of Frederick
county, be'fore making the tax levy for the year 1908, and in
every year thereafter, shall ascertain from the Board of County
School Commissioners of Frederick county the amount of
money the said Board of County School Commissioners of
Frederick county shall deem necessary. First. For purchasing
sites for new school houses, buildings and equipping new school
houses and making additions to old school houses in said
county. Second. For making up the deficiency for general
school purposes and for the payment of teachers' salaries as
mentioned and described in section 25 of article 77 of the Code
of Public General Laws of the State of Maryland, and the said
County Commissioners of Frederick county are hereby author-
ized, empowered, directed and required to levy and collect such
a tax upon the assessable property of every character in said