ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.               1225

County, an amount sufficient to make up such deficiency if any
occurs.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1931.

Approved April 17, 1931.

CHAPTER 493.

AN ACT to authorize and require the County Commissioners
of Dorchester County, Maryland, to issue bonds to the amount
of one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars ($175,000),
for the purpose of making general improvements in the said
Dorchester County, to wit: for the purpose of enlarging, re-
pairing and renovating the Court House of Dorchester County,
at Cambridge, Maryland; for the purpose of purchasing land
for the erection of a new colored High School building in the
town of Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland; for the
purpose of enlarging and repairing the High School at Crapo,
Dorchester County, Maryland, for the purpose of building
a new High School at Vienna, Dorchester County, Maryland,
and for the purpose of enlarging and repairing the Hurlock
High School Building, in the town of Hurlock, and to levy
and collect a tax upon the assessable property of Dorchester
County, sufficient to pay the principal and interest of said
bonds as the same shall mature.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the County Commissioners of Dorchester County are
hereby authorized and empowered, for the purpose hereinafter
declared; to borrow money on the faith and credit of Dorchester
County, to the amount of one hundred and seventy-five thousand
dollars ($175,000), and to issue bonds therefor; said bonds when
issued to have written or printed upon them a distinct reference
to the Act directing the issue of the same, and are to be designated
"Dorchester County Court House and School Bonds," and are
to be issued in denominations of not less than one thousand dol-
lars each, to bear interest at the rate of five per cent, per annum,
payable semi-annually on the first day of January and the first
day of July in each and every year until the same are paid,
coupons to be attached to said bonds for each of said semi-annual
interest payments to be signed by the President of the said
County Commissioners of Dorchester County, the said signature
either to be printed or written thereon; said bonds to be signed
also by the President and by the Treasurer of said County and