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in some safe banking or savings institution in the State of
Maryland, on interest, and the County Commissioners are
hereby authorized and empowered to purchase from the pro-
ceeds of such sinking funds any of said bonds which may be
offered for sale when, in their judgment,, it shall be advisable
so to do, and upon the purchase of any of such bonds and the
redemption of the same at maturity the County Commissioners
shall immediately cancel said bond or bonds by stamping the
same with word "cancelled." No portion of said sinking funds
shall ever be diverted to any other purpose than to the liquida-
tion of said bonds, and in case any of the persons in charge
thereof shall so divert or permit the same to be diverted they
shall be demed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be subject to a fine of not less than twice the
amount so diverted.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from June 1, 1922.

Approved April 13th. 1022.

CHAPTER 274.

AN ACT to add seven new sections to Article 43 of Bagby's
Annotated Code of 1911, to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 208 of said Article, and to be designated as Sections
208A, 208B, 208C, 208D, 208E, 208F and 208G, sub-title
"Licensed Practical Nurses," to provide for State registra-
tion of licensed practical nurses for the sick.

Section 208A. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That it shall be the duty of said Board of Examiners
of Nurses at its meeting's, as provided for in Section 203 of
this Article, to examine all applicants for registration as li-
censed practical nurses under this sub-title, and to determine
their fitness and ability to give efficient care to the sick as such
licensed practical nurses. Upon filing application for examina-
tion and registration as a licensed practical nurse each appli-
cent shall pay a fee of Five Dollars ($5.00).

Section 208B. And be it further enacted, That it shall be
the duty of said Board of Examiners to determine, and said
Board is hereby empowered in its sound discretion to deter-
mine, the qualifications of all applicants for registration as