A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

urer for the sum or sums necessary to pay the cash
and monthly payments to which said volunteers
would be entitled as the same may come due, re-
taining in the Treasury the balance until the
expiration of their term of service.

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Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That the said County
Commissioners and the Register of the city of Bal-
timore shall disburse the sums so coming into their
hands, and shall keep a record thereof; but no
county nor the city of Baltimore shall draw for and
be paid a larger sum than maybe necessary for
their respective quotas; and the several counties
and the city of Baltimore shall be liable to the
State for any misapplication of the said funds by
the County Commissioners or City Register.

Sums to be
disbursed.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That a special tax of
ten cents be and is hereby levied on every one hun-
dred "dollars worth of the taxable property of this
State, to meet the interest and create a sinking
fund for the redemption of the bonds or certificates
of debt herein directed to be issued, and the tax
shall be annually, levied, collected and paid over
as the other State taxes are levied, collected and
paid over to the State Treasury, until the debt
created by this act shall have been paid, and a
separate and distinct account shall be kept thereof,
and the proceeds thereof are hereby pledged to the
payment of the interest and principal of the said
bonds or certificates.

Amount le-
vied.

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

In force.

CHAPTER 16.

A BILL entitled, an act, for the relief of the se-
curities upon the official bond of John B.
Flower.

Passed Feb.
8, 1864.

WHEREAS, John B. Flower, tax collector for the
State of Maryland, for the first election district of

Preamble.