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and enter into contracts in the usual form for the construction
of such bridges as it may from time to time under the provi-
sions hereof determine to construct, said contracts to be made
in the name of the State Roads Commission, and to contain
the same provisions now required by law for contracts for
roads.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the County Com-
missioners of the several counties of the State, and the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore are hereby respectively di-
rected to levy State taxes for the year 1930 at twelve one-hun-
dredths (12/100) of one cent on each one hundred dollars
($100) of assessable property; for the year 1931 at twenty-
three one-hundredths (23/100) of one cent on each one hun-
dred dollars ($100) of assessable property; for the year 1932
at thirty-nine one-hundredths (39/100) of one cent on each
one hundred dollars ($100) of assessable property; for the year
1933 and annually thereafter to and including the year 1945
at fifty-four one-hundredths (54/100) of one cent on each one
hundred dollars ($100) of assessable property, to be collected
according to law, to meet the interest on the amount of said
certificates outstanding and also to meet and redeem so much
of the principal in each of said years as will be represented by
certificates redeemable in each year, respectively, as herein
specified in Section 2 of this Act.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That this Act is an
emergency law and necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public health and safety, and having been passed by a
yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members
elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly,
the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 2, 1929.

CHAPTER 130.

AN ACT to authorize the creation of a State debt in the aggre-
gate amount of one million five hundred thousand dollars
($1, 500. 000), the proceeds thereof to be used for the con-
struction of rural post roads and for the extension of the
State Road System of Maryland, with the assistance of
funds from the United States Government, and for paving