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whenever any bond or bonds shall have been paid or redeemed
it or they shall be cancelled and destroyed by the Commission-
ers of Hurlock, and a note thereof made on the minute book of
the office.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That when the said bonds shall
be properly prepared and duly executed, as herein prescribed,
the said "The Commissioners of Hurlock" shall advertise the
same in two daily newspapers published in Dorchester County,
if they shall deem it advisable, inviting sealed proposals for
the purchase of said bonds, or any part thereof, with the privi-
lege to the said Commissioners to reject any and all bids, to-
gether with such interest, if any, as may have accrued from the
first day of July, 1920, the date of said bonds.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That "The Commissioners of
Hurlock" are hereby authorized' empowered and required to
levy annually upon the assessable property of the town of
Hurlock a tax sufficient to pay the interest on said bonds by
them to be issued in pursuance of this Act, and are also au-
thorized, empowered and required to levy annually upon the
assessable property of said town a tax sufficient to pay the
principal of said bonds, as they respectively mature and fall
due. The tax hereby authorized is for the special purpose
herein stated, and is in addition to the tax levied for general
purposes as authorized by the charter of the town of Hurlock
aforesaid.

Approved April 16, 1920.

CHAPTER 255.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 14 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Howard County,"
sub-title "Orphans' Court," to be known as Section 99-A,
to follow immediately after Section 99 of said Article,
increasing the compensation to be paid to the Judges of
the Orphans' Court in Howard County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land. That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
14 of the Code of the Public Local Laws of Maryland, title
"Howard County," sub-title "Orphans' Court," to be known