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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 por-
tion thereof shall not have interest coupons attached, all as
the Governor, Comptroller of the Treasury and Treasurer of
the State, constituting the Board of Public Works, or a major-
ity of them, shall determine.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That in order to provide
for the selling of the certificates of indebtedness aforesaid to
be issued under the provisions of this Act, the Governor,,
Comptroller of the Treasury and Treasurer of the State, con-
stituting the Board of Public Works, or a majority of them,,
are hereby directed to advertise twice a week for four succes-
sive 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 days 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 certifi-
cates of indebtedness issued under the provisions of this Act,.
under such regulations as may be made in the discretion of the
Governor, Comptroller of the Treasury and Treasurer of the
State, constituting the Board of Public Works, or a majority
of them; and the accrued interest between the date of the
bonds or certificates of indebtedness and the time of sale and
delivery or any payment for said bonds or certificates of in-
debtedness shall be adjusted with the purchaser thereof under
such regulations as may be made in the discretion of the Gov-
ernor, Comptroller of the Treasury and Treasurer of the State,,
constituting the Board of Public Works, or a majority of them;..
and upon the day mentioned in said advertisement as the day
for opening the bids for the proposals thereby called for they
shall receive such sealed proposals for the purchase of as many
of such bonds or certificates of indebtedness as may be men-
tioned or designated in said advertisement; and on the opening
of such sealed proposals as many of said bonds or certificates
of indebtedness as have been so bid for shall be awarded by
the Governor, Comptroller of the Treasury and Treasurer of
the State, constituting the Board of Public Works, or a major-