404 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 366

shall remit the whole amount of taxes so collected from each
district to the County Commissioners, acting as District
Council for such district. The money so received shall be
deposited in such bank or banks in Anne Arundel County as
the County Commissioners shall determine, to the credit of
said County Commissioners as District Council for the district
from which said moneys were collected, at the rate of interest
paid for county funds. Out of the benefit charges and taxes
so collected, said County Commissioners, acting as District
Council for the district paying said benefit charges and taxes,
shall first pay the interest on the notes, certificates of indebted-
ness or bonds issued for the benefit of said district, as it
matures, and such notes, certificates of indebtedness or bonds
when and as they mature. Out of the remaining money so
collected by taxes, the County Commissioners shall then pay
all other indebtedness incurred in carrying out the provisions
of this Act and the cost of keeping in repair the erosion pre-
vention works in such district.

Should receipts from said benefit charges and taxes for any
district be inadequate to meet said payments in any year by
reason of default or otherwise, such deficiency shall be added
to the next year's tax levy for such district. In order that the
prompt payment of interest on such notes, certificates of in-
debtedness or bonds and the prompt payment of said notes,
certificates of indebtedness or bonds as they shall mature,
shall be assured, the prompt and proper performance of the
respective acts and duties heretofore defined is specifically
enjoined, and any failure upon the part of any person, persons,
body corporate or agent, to perform the necessary acts and
duties in this Act set forth and to pay over said funds as
required, or the use of said funds or any part thereof for any
other purpose than is required by this Act, is hereby declared
a crime and, upon indictment and conviction in the Circuit
Court for Anne Arundel County, shall be punishable by a fine
not exceeding One Thousand Dollars or imprisonment not
exceeding three years, or both, in the discretion of the Court.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1943.

Approved April 30, 1943.

CHAPTER 366.
(House Bill 477)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 39
of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edi-