EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 957

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of
acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be and the
same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from June 1st, 1916.

Approved April 11th, 1916.

CHAPTER 476.

AN ACT to provide for the building of an Alms House in St.
Mary's County; to borrow money and apply the fire insur-
ance money on the old building lately destroyed, for the
purpose, and to levy on the taxable property of the said
County to pay said loan and interest thereon.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the County Commissioners of St. Mary's
County, be and are hereby authorized and directed to contract,
agree, and pay for, and superintend, the erection of one or more
buildings for an Alms House of St. Mary's County, and the
proper furnishing and equipment of the same, provided, never-
theless, that the whole cost for said building or buildings and
equipment and furnishings, shall not exceed the sum of Eight
Thousand ($8000. 00) Dollars..

And, provided, also that the said County Commissioners, for
the purposes of this Act, shall and may use the aforesaid in-
surance money of Two Thousand ($2000. 00) Dollars, and shall
and. may borrow on the credit of said County a sum not exceed-
ing Six Thousand ($6000. 00) Dollars, at the lowest possible
interest obtainable, which insurance money and sum so bor-
rowed, shall be received by said County Commissioners and
applied to the purposes of this Act in such sums and at such
times as the said County Commissioners shall determine, and
shall be repaid to the lender or lenders thereof, in annual in-
stallments of not less than One Thousand ($1000. 00) Dollars,
and the entire interest accrued on the loan.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of said
County Commissioners of St. Mary's County to levy on the
assessable property of County, beginning with the levy of the
present year and continuing for the next each succeeding five
years such a sum as may be necessary to pay the annual in-