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of the School Board shall be empowered to deduct one dollar or
any part thereof from the salary of each teacher for the month
of July, in addition to the twenty-five cents already provided
for, and said treasurer shall pay same to the board of trustees,
as heretofore provided for.

Should there be any surplus in the Relief. Fund, it may at
the discretion of the board of trustees be transferred to the
Retirement Fund.

Section 17 shall not apply to the Relief Fund, which shall
be operative from September 30, 1912.

The terms "teacher" and "members of the teaching force of
Allegany County, '' as used in this Act, shall mean and include
any superintendent, principal, vice-principal, assistant super-
intendent, supervisor, assistant supervisor, person in charge of
any special department of instruction, and any teacher or in-
structor regularly employed as such by the Board of School
Commissioners of said County.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the first day of June. 1924.

Approved April 9, 1924.

CHAPTER 88.

AN ACT to repeal Section 67 of Article 1 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of the State of Maryland, title "Allegany Coun-
ty, " sub-title "City of Cumberland, " relating to sewerage
and draining system as enacted by Chapter 96 of the Acts
of the Assembly of 1922 and to re-enact the same with
amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary
land, That Section 67 of Article 1 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of the State of Maryland, title "Allegany County, " sub-
title "City of Cumberland, " relating to the general sewerage
and draining system, be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments so as to read as follows:

67. The said Mayor and City Council are authorized to
acquire by purchase from the owner or owners any land, real
or leasehold estate, improved or unimproved, right of way,
easement, water right or water course, within or beyond the
limits of the City of Cumberland, which they may conceive
expedient or necessary to purchase and hold for the purpose of