1086                       LAWS OF MARYLAND.                  [CH. 427

charged during the year included in said account which at the
date of said account remain uncollected; and every such Reg-
ister of Wills, the emoluments of whose office shall not amount
to the sum of three thousand dollars in any one year, as
aforesaid, may present a statement to the County Commis-
sioners of his county, under oath, showing the net proceeds
of his office, together with a statement of the cost of the neces-
sary record books, stationery, contingent and office expenses
and fuel used in his office up to the first Monday in June in
each year; and the said County Commissioners are hereby
authorized and empowered to pay or levy for the use of said
Register of Wills the amount of said books, stationery, con-
tingent and office expenses and fuel, as aforesaid; provided,
that the amount so paid or levied shall not, when added to the
net proceeds of his office, exceed the sum of three thousand
dollars.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1931.

Approved April 17, 1931.

CHAPTER 427.

AN ACT to authorize the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
to issue the certificates of indebtedness of said corporation to
an amount not exceeding one million five hundred thousand
dollars ($1, 500, 000), the proceeds of sale to be used for the
purpose of enlarging, extending and improving the municipal
conduit system of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
including the acquisition by purchase or condemnation of ex-
isting conduit systems, and of any and all land and property,
and of any right, interest, franchise, easement or privilege
therein, as may be necessary for the enlargement, extension
and improvement of said municipal conduit system; author-
izing the submission of an ordinance for the purpose to the
legal voters of Baltimore City, such ordinance to provide for
the expenditure of the proceeds of said loan, the rate or rates
of interest. to be paid thereon, and the manner of repayment
thereof; providing for the method of expenditure of the pro-
ceeds of said loan, and declaring this Act to be an emergency
law.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore be and'