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sixty-three one-hundredths (63/100) of one cent on each one
hundred dollars ($100) of assessable property; and for the
year 1933 and annually thereafter to and including the year
1945, at one and twenty-nine one-hundredths (1. 29) 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 may
be represented by certificates redeemable in each year, respec-
tively, as herein specified in Section 2 of this Act.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from and after the first day of June, 1929.

Approved April 2, 1929.

CHAPTER 133.

AN ACT to propose an amendment, to Sections 2 and 3 of
Article VI of the Constitution of the State of Maryland,
title "Treasury Department, " so as to confer upon the
Legislature power to authorize deputies, employed in the
Treasury Department, to sign, countersign and grant war-
rants, and to sign, countersign and issue checks for the with-
drawal of funds from the State Treasury under regulations
prescribed by the Legislature; and providing for the sub-
mission of said amendment to the legally qualified voters of
the State for adoption or rejection.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, (Three-fifths of all of the Members of both of the
Houses concurring) That an amendment to Sections 2 and 3
of Article VI of the Constitution of the State of Maryland,
title "Treasury Department, " be, and the same is hereby
proposed, the said amendment, if adopted by the legally quali-
fied voters of the State, as herein provided, to become a part of
said Constitution, and the said Sections as amended to read as
follows:

2. The Comptroller shall have the general superintendence
of the fiscal affairs of the State; he shall digest and prepare
plans for the improvement and management of the revenue,