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total of estimates, and the sum thereof shall be the amount of
the levy, and no other sum or sums of money shall be levied
at all. The said levy of taxes made as aforesaid shall become
due and payable and shall be collected in the manner and at
the times now fixed by law. The said ten per cent, of the
aggregate of estimates, or so much thereof as may be levied,
shall be for emergency purposes, and shall be dedicated and
appropriated to meet any unexpected demand which may
arise after the said levy has been made, or to temporarily be
used to supply funds for some estimate when there is a defi-
ciency of revenue to meet the same.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the revenue de-
rived from all of the sources thereof shall be devoted abso-
lutely to the paying and defraying the said estimates in de-
tail, and the said ten per cent, of the aggregate of estimates,
or whatever part of the same that may be levied, shall be used
only for emergency purposes, and in no event shall any money
be diverted from the estimate to which it is dedicated for any
purpose.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners of Cecil County shall not after the 1st day
of July, 1918, create any obligation or liability on the part
of or on the credit of the County which shall be a floating
debt, and no temporary loan shall be made to pay any defi-
ciency arising from a failure to realize sufficient income from
revenue and taxation to meet the amounts provided for in
the said list of estimates; but the Board of County Commis-
sioners may temporarily borrow money for the use of the
County in anticipation of the receipts of taxes levied for any
year, provided that they shall not in the manner and for the
purpose aforesaid borrow in the aggregate more than fifty
thousand dollars ($50, 000), and such sums so borrowed shall
all be repaid and such demands fully satisfied on or before
the 1st day of May, following the beginning of the fiscal year
in which the said money is so borrowed, and the said Board
of County Commissioners shall not borrow any money for any
purpose between the said 1st day of May and the 30th day of
June, or the close of the said fiscal year, and in case of any
deficiency in revenue and taxation to meet the amounts pro-
vided in the said estimates, there shall be a pro rata abate-
ment of all appropriations, except for the payment of the
States taxes and the principal and interest of the County
debt, and in case of any surplus arising in any fiscal year, by