984 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 462

istered and erased by the registrars; provided, that in any
general registration in Allegany County no notice shall be
given by publishing such names in any newspaper.

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

Approved May 3, 1939.

CHAPTER 462.
(House Bill 336)

AN ACT to add one new Section to Article 3 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, (1930 Edition), title "Bal-
timore County", sub-title "County Commissioners", Offutt's
Revised Code of the Public Local Laws of Baltimore County,
(1929 Edition), Title 13, "County Commissioners", to be
known as Section 147, authorizing and empowering the
County Commissioners of Baltimore County to establish and
maintain a Surplus and Reserve Account, for the purpose of
making capital expenditures for new improvements in said
County, providing sources from which said Surplus and Re-
serve Account my be obtained, the investment of the funds
therein, and repealing of laws, or parts of laws, inconsistent
herewith, to the extent of such inconsistency.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That one new Section be added to Article 3 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland, (1930 Edition), title "Bal-
timore County", sub-title "County Commissioners", Offutf's
Revised Code of the Public Local Laws of Baltimore County,
(1929 Edition), Title 13, "County Commissioners", to be known
as Section 147, and to read as follows:

147. The County Commissioners of Baltimore County are
authorized and empowered, upon the effective date of this Act,
to create and maintain an account to be known and designated
as the "Surplus and Reserve Account", for the purpose of pro-
viding funds for capital expenditures for new improvements in
said County. The funds to create and maintain said "Surplus
and Reserve Account" shall consist, in the discretion of said
Commissioners and when so ordered by them, of monies re-
ceived by said County Commissioners, or the Treasurer of Bal-
timore County for their use, from the following sources: (a)
the sale of any property for default in the payment of taxes,
where such sale is made to any person, firm or corporation
other than said County Commissioners themselves; (b) the