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bonds issued hereunder, or are empowered to borrow an amount
not exceeding Thirty Thousand ($30, 000. 00) Dollars in any one
year, and to pledge the credit of the city for the security of the
same, provided, however, that the water rate shall be increased
for the succeeding year sufficient to pay off such deficit.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the bonds hereunder
authorized shall be issued in addition to and exclusive of the ten
per cent bonded indebtedness on the assessed valuation of the
property in the City of Cumberland authorized by Section 55 of
Chapter 96 of the Acts of the Assembly of 1922.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That if the Mayor or any
member of the City Council shall violate any of the provisions of
this Act, or expend or attempt the expenditure of any of the
proceeds of said bond issue for any other purpose than herein
set forth, he or they, shall, upon trial and conviction, be sen-
tenced to pay a fine of not less than One Hundred ($100. 00)
Dollars, nor more than One Thousand ($1, 000. 00) Dollars,
or be sentenced to confinement in the Allegany County Jail for
not more than six months, or both fine and imprisonment in the
discretion of the Court.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That this Act is an
emergency law necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public safety, being passed on a Yea and Nay vote supported
by three-fifths of all the members elected to each branch of the
General Assembly, the same shall take effect from; the date of
its passage.

Approved April 9, 1924.

CHAPTER 70.

AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners of Anne
Arundel County to apply the net balance from the sale of
bonds under Chapter 508 of the Acts of 1922 to certain pur-
poses not mentioned in said Act.

WHEREAS, under the provisions of Chapter 508 of the Acts
of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1922, the County Com-
missioners of Anne Arundel County were authorized and em-
powered to borrow on the faith and credit of said County an
amount not exceeding $400, 000., to issue bonds therefor, and to
apply the proceeds of same for the following purposes, namely,
"First, to the redemption of all County certificates or other
evidences of indebtedness now outstanding; Second, to the