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receipt of said report by a vote of at least four members of
said Council, transfer money from one department to another;
provided, that the said Mayor and City Council shall at all
times have authority to transfer money from the Contingent
Fund or any department to the Water Department.

97. All supplies and equipment needed at any time by the
several departments of the city may be purchased on an order
passed by the said Mayor and City Council, provided the cost
of the supplies or equipment covered by any one order shall
not exceed $500. 00.

98. Where the cost of the supplies or equipment exceeds
$500. 00 the City Clerk shall advertise for one week in two
papers of opposite political faith published in said city for
bids to furnish said supplies or equipment; said bids shall be
opened by the City Clerk in the presence of the said City Coun-
cil, and the said City Council shall accept the lowest responsi-
ble bid which shall be considered reasonable by said City Coun-
cil.

99. It shall be lawful for banks and bankers in the City of
Cumberland to close their doors for business at twelve o'clock
noon, on each and every Saturday in the year, and every Satur-
day in the year after twelve o'clock, noon, shall be a legal half-
holiday, so far as regards the presenting for payment or ac-
ceptance and the protesting; and giving notice of the dishonor
of bills of exchange, bank checks, drafts, promissory notes and
other negotiable paper, and for these purposes shall be treated
and considered as the first day of the week, commonly called
Sunday, and all such bills, checks, drafts and notes, presenta-
ble for acceptance or payment on Saturdays, shall be deemed to
be presentable for acceptance or payment on the secular or
business day next succeeding; provided, however, that all bills
of exchange, drafts and promissory notes made after the pas-
sage of this Act, except those payable at sight or on demand,
which shall be deemed to be otherwise payable on any half-
holiday, Saturday, shall be deemed to be and shall be payable
on the next succeeding secular or business day; and, provided
further that for the purpose of protesting or otherwise holding
liable any party to any bill of exchange, bank checks, draft or
promissory note, and which shall not have been paid before
twelve o'clock at noon on any half-holiday Saturday, a demand
of acceptance or payment thereof may be made and notice of
protest or dishonor thereof may be given on the next succeed-