ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR, 819

"EE" ............ 52, 000............ June 15, 1937

"FF" ............ 54, 000............ June 15, 1938

"GG" ............ 56, 000............ June 15, 1939

"HH" ............ 59, 000............ June 15, 1940

"II" ............ 62, 000............ June 15, 1941

"JJ" ............ 65, 000............ June 15, 1942

"KK" ............ 67, 000............ June 15, 1943

"LL" ............ 71, 000............ June 15, 1944

"MM" ............ 74, 000............ June 15, 1945

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Governor,
Comptroller of the Treasury, and Treasurer, constituting the
Board of Public Works, or a majority of them, are hereby
authorized and directed to have prepared proper certificates
of indebtedness of the State in good and sufficient form to
aggregate the amount of four million dollars ($4, 000, 000) as
evidence of such loan; such certificates of indebtedness shall
bear date as of the time of their issue, as provided in Section
1 of this Act, and shall not be issued in less sums than one
hundred dollars ($100. 00), but may be issued in sums of one
hundred dollars ($100. 00) or any multiple thereof. Each of
said certificates shall be signed by the Treasurer of the State
and countersigned by the Comptroller of the Treasury, and
shall bear interest at the rate fixed by resolution of the said
Board of Public Works, payable semi-annually; and any por-
tion or all of said certificates may be registered, or not regis-
tered, and the said certificates, or any portion thereof, shall
have interest coupons attached, or said certificates, or any
portion thereof, shall not have interest coupons attached, all
as the Governor, Comptroller of the Treasury, and Treasurer,
or a majority of them, shall determine.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That in order to pro-
vide for the selling of the certificates of indebtedness afore-
said, to be issued under the provisions of this Act, the Gov-
ernor, Comptroller of the Treasury and the Treasurer of
this State, or a majority of them, are hereby directed to ad-
vertise twice a week for four successive weeks before the said
certificates of indebtedness, or any part thereof, shall be issued,
in two newspapers published in the City of Baltimore, that
the Treasurer of this State will be in readiness at a time
within fifteen clays after the expiration of said notice to
receive bids at such place or places as may be named in said
respective advertisements for bonds or certificates of indebted-