HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 105

ington County Historical Society, and to levy taxes suf-
ficient to provide the amount required by such contract.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new section be and it is hereby added to
Article 22 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland,
(1930 Edition) title, "Washington County, " sub-title
"Hagerstown, " to be under sub-heading, "Washington
County Historical Society, " said new section to be known
as Section 412A, to follow immediately after Section 412
of said Article, and to read as follows:

412A. The Mayor and Council of Hagerstown is hereby
authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to enter into
a contract with the Washington County Historical Society
to contribute a sum of money not exceeding Ten Thousand
Dollars ($10, 000. 00) to Washington County Historical So-
ciety, for the purpose of sponsoring, aiding and assisting
said Society in the observance during the year 1937, of the
triple anniversaries of the founding of Hagerstown, the
settling of Washington County, and the 75th anniversary
of the Battle of Antietam, upon such terms and conditions
as to the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown may seem
proper. The said the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown is
hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to levy
and collect on the assessable property of said Hagerstown
a sum of money sufficient to meet the obligations that may
be incurred by the said the Mayor and Council of Hagers-
town, under the provisions of this Section.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect on June 1, 1936.

Approved April 29, 1936.

CHAPTER 37

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 22 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title,
"Washington County, " to be under sub-heading, "Wash-
ington County Historical Society, " said new section to be
known as Section 806A and to follow immediately after
Section 806 of said Article, authorizing the County Com-
missioners of Washington County to enter into a con-