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LAWS OF MAEYLAND.

Reservation.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted. That the General
Assembly reserves for itself the right to alter or
amend this act of incorporation at its discretion.

IB force.

Sec. 9. And be \t enacted, That this act shall
take effect from and after the date of its passage.

CHAPTER 173.

Passed March
24, 1865.

AN ACT to amend Article eleven- of the Code of
Public Local Laws entitled, "Frederick County,"

Preamble.

WHEREAS, the sum of two hundred thousand
dollars was levied by the rebel army under General
Jubai E. Early, on the city of Frederick, on the
ninth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-
four, with the alternative presented to the citizens
to pay said sum or to have their town sacked by the
rebel soldiery; and whereas, after consultation
between the officers of the several banking institu-
tions of said town, a large number of the citizens,
and those of the corporate authorities that remained
in the town, the said sum of money was advanced
to the corporate authorities and citizens then pre-
sent to save said town from being sacked, with the
understanding and upon the written condition,
that the same should Be refunded to the President
and Directors of the Fredrick County Bank, to the
Central Bank of Fredrick, to the Farmers and
Mechanics Bank of Frederick County, to the Fred-
ericktown Savings Institution and to the Frank-
lin Savings Bank, advancing said sum at the
earliest practical moment by taxation; and where-
as, said Banking Institutions have assumed fifty
thousand dollars as their portion of said loss.

Authorized
to pay.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the Mayor, Aldermen and Com-
mon Council of Frederick be and they are hereby
authorized to pay said balance of one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars to the President and Direc-
tors of the Frederick County Bank, to the Central