ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 357
CHAPTER 198.

AN ACT to authorize, in their discretion, the County Com-
missioners of Washington County to levy and collect five
thousand dollars ($5, 000. 00) in the year 1927 for the
completion of the repairs begun under Chapter 27 of the Acts
of 1924 of the building in Hagerstown, owned and occupied
by the Washington County Free Library.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the County Commissioners of Washington County
be and they are hereby authorized, in their discretion, not
mandatorily, to levy and collect in the year 1927, five thou-
sand dollars ($5, 000. 00) for the completion of the repairs, both
inside and outside, of the building in Hagerstown owned and
occupied by the Washington County Free Library, begun
under Chapter 27 of the Acts of 1924.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the County Com-
missioners of Washington County be and they are hereby
authorized, in their discretion, not mandatorily, to levy in
June 1927, a tax on all the assessable property in the county
sufficient to produce the five thousand dollars ($5, 000. 00)
provided for in Section 1 of this Act, for the purpose of
completing the repairing to the building in Hagerstown owned
and occupied by the Washington County Free Library.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1927.

Approved April 1, 1927.

CHAPTER 199.

AN ACT to provide for the closing of the offices of the Clerk
of the Circuit Court and Register of Wills of Allegany
County at twelve o'clock noon on Saturday.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That it shall be lawful to close the offices of the Clerk
of the Circuit Court and Register of Wills of Allegany County
at the hour of one o'clock P. M. on Saturday of each week;
provided any Judge of the Circuit Court or of the Orphans
Court of said County may order and direct at any time that