840 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 378

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 313 of Article 17 of the Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title "Prince George's County," sub-title
"Hyattsville," be and the same is hereby repealed and re-en-
acted with amendments to read as follows:

Section 313. To effectuate the improvements named in the
preceding section, the Mayor and Common Council of Hyatts-
ville are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow from time
to time, on the credit of the town, a sum or sums of money
which shall not, however, in the aggregate at any one time
exceed twenty-five thousand dollars in amount; and to issue
certificates of indebtedness therefor which shall be payable
within two years from the date of issuance, with interest not
to exceed the rate of six per cent, per annum, payable annually,
unless of shorter duration, then at the maturity of said obli-
gation; and the treasurer of said town is charged with the
custody of any moneys received from the issues of sale of
said certificates of indebtedness as above mentioned and with
the prompt collection and safekeeping of the moneys arising
from assessments upon sidewalks, curbs, gutters and street im-
provements, which last said funds shall be kept as a separate
account and fund, and no part thereof shall ever be used for
any other purpose than to liquidate the certificates of indebt-
edness, and interest thereon, issued for sidewalks, curbs, gut-
ters and roadbed and street improvements, which certificates,
when paid, shall be cancelled, and in addition to being prop-
erly kept and filed among the papers of said town, a copy of
which certificates thus cancelled shall be entered upon a sepa-
rate book kept for the purpose aforesaid; and should the treas-
urer of said town ever divert the use of any of said sidewalk
or street improvement fund, he shall, upon conviction, be fined
not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for a term not exceeding
two years, or be both fined and imprisoned, in the discretion
of the Court.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1918.

Approved April 10th, 1918.

CHAPTER 378.

AN ACT to authorize and direct the State Roads Commission
of Maryland to construct, and thereafter maintain as a part