1860.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 233.

CHAPTER 233.

Passed March
7, 1860.

AN ACT to amend the third article of Public Lo-
cal Laws by adding a section, authorizing the
sale or lease of a portion of the alms house pro-
perty belonging to Baltimore county.

Sale or lease
authorised.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the county commissioners of
Baltimore county be, and they are hereby, autho-
rised to make sale or lease for a term of years of all
that portion of the real estate known as the alms-
house property, which was purchased by Baltimore
county from the commissioners appointed on the
part of Baltimore city, and the commissioners ap-
pointed on the part of Baltimore county to make
public sale of the same at the Exchange, in the city
of Baltimore, on the twenty-third day of March, in

Proviso.

the year eighteen hundred and fifty-eight; Pro-
vided, however, that no such sale or lease for term
of years shall be made for a less sum than the actual
cost of said property to Baltimore county, as the
same shall appear upon the books of the commis-
sioners of Baltimore county, or if on lease six per
cent, interest nett on said cost as aforesaid.

In the event
of Balt. city
purchasing,
the commis-
sioners are re-
quired to tab
in payment
six p. ct. stock

of that city.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said commis-
sioners of Baltimore county may sell the said pro-
perty for cash or upon a reasonable credit, or lease
the same for a term of years, as to them may seem
best, and in the event of the Mayor and City Conn-
cil of Baltimore becoming the purchaser of said
property, the commissioners authorized and re-
quired to receive in payment therefor, the corporate
stock of Baltimore city, bearing interest of six per
cent, per annum, payable semi-annually, and re-
deemable on or before the first day of April, eight-
teen hundred and seventy-nine.

Compensa-
tion.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said com-
missioners shall be entitled to charge and receive
as a compensation for their services in making such
sale the same rate of per diem as they are now allowed
by law for every day they may be engaged in such
service.

In force.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall
go into effect from and after the passage of the
same.