LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Maryland, Sct:

At a Session of the General Assembly of Maryland, begun and held at the City of Annapolis, on the third
day of December, 1861, His Excellency, THOMAS H. HICKS, being Governor, and ended on the tenth
day of March, 1862, His Excellency, AUGUSTUS W. BRADFORD, being Governor, the following laws
were enacted, to wit:

CHAPTER 1.
AN ACT to authorize the Commissioners of Mont- gomery County to raise money for the purpose of building a Jail.	Passed Dec. 10,1861.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Commissioners of Mont- gomery county be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow, upon the credit of the county, a sum of money not exceeding five thou- sand dollars, for the purpose of building a jail.	Commission- ers authorized to borrow mo- ney to build a jail.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners may and they are hereby authorized to levy upon said county, a tax on the assessable property of said county, to reimburse the said loan; not more than one thousand dollars, and interest to be raised in any one year, until the said loan is paid off.	Tax may be levied to pay off loan.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners be and they are hereby authorized to adopt such plans and make such-contracts, and do all other acts necessary in the erection and com- pletion of the said jail, with as little delay as prac- ticable.	Plans, &c., for erection 'of jail.
Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That said law shall take effect upon its passage.	In force.