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the County Commissioners or the Comptroller of Baltimore
City, the same shall be withdrawn from sale and thereafter,
at any time without any further notice, the County Com-
missioners, or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
acting through its Comptroller with the consent of the
Board of Finance Commissioners, may in their discretion
sell the same at public or private sale for the highest
amount they can obtain therefor. In the event of a sale,
either public or private, a deed of conveyance shall be ex-
ecuted by the County Commissioners or in Baltimore City
by the Board of Finance Commissioners, to the purchaser
upon receiving the full amount of the purchase price;
thereupon the County Commissioners or the Comptroller
of the City of Baltimore shall pay over to the Collector the
amount of taxes, together with all interest and charges due
and chargeable on said property, and any balance that may
be left after paying the costs and expenses incurred in the
purchase and sale of said property, shall pass into the
general treasury of the County or City for the general uses
thereof.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1st, 1939.

Approved May 3, 1939.

CHAPTER 390.
(Senate Bill 263)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 78A of the An-
notated Code of Maryland (1935 Supplement) title "Pub-
lic Works—Board of" said new section to be known as
Section 6, and to follow immediately after Section 5 of
said Article; authorizing the Board of Public Works to
sell any shares of stock, debentures or certificates of
beneficial interest in Banking institutions of this State
held by the State Treasurer.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new section be and it is hereby added to
Article 78A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1935
Supplement) title "Public Works—Board of", said new
section to be known as Section 6, to follow immediately
after Section 5 of said Article, and to read as follows: