1520 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 854

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Governor,
the Comptroller of the Treasury and the Treasurer of
Maryland, constituting the Board of Public Works, or a
majority of them, are hereby authorized to have pre-
pared proper Certificates of Indebtedness of the State
in good and sufficient form to aggregate the amount of
Two Million, Three Hundred and Seventeen Thousand
Dollars ($2, 317, 000. 00), as evidence of such loan; such
Certificates of Indebtedness shall bear date as of the time
of their issue as provided in Section 1 of this Act, and shall
not be issued in less sums than One Hundred Dollars
($100. 00), but may be Issued 'in sums of. One Hundred
($100. 00), or any suitable multiple thereof. Each 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 portion or all of said Certificates, or any portion there-
of shall have interest coupons attached, or said Certificates
or any portion thereof shall not have interest coupons
attached, all as the Governor, the Comptroller of the Treas-
ury and the Treasurer, or a majority of them shall deter-
mine.

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 the Treasurer
of this State, or a majority of them, are hereby directed
to advertise twice a week for two successive 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
foe named in said respective advertisements for bonds or
Certificates of Indebtedness issued under the provisions of
this act, under such regulations as may be made in the dis-
cretion of the Governor, Comptroller of the Treasury and
Treasurer, or a majority of them; and the accrued interest
between the date of the bonds of Certificates of Indebted-
ness and the time of sale and delivery of and payment for
said bonds or Certificates of Indebtedness shall be adjusted
with the purchaser thereof under such regulations as may
be made in the discretion of the Governor, Comptroller of
the Treasury and Treasurer, 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,