1860.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 20.

How to apply.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That said corporation
shall have power to establish and control a male
department for destitute children, and the powers
given by the fifth section of this act shall apply to
such department as far as applicable, and in accord-

Proviso.

ance with the law regulating apprentices; Provided,
that said corporation, shall not apply to the estab-
lishment or support of said department, any of the
property bequeathed by said Egenton, or of any
issues thereof, but shall have power to apply to it
any funds from other sources.

In force.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from its passage.

CHAPTER 20.

Passed Feb.
17, 1860.

AN ACT to amend the fourth article of the Code
of Public Local Laws by adding thereto certain
sections authorising the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore to endorse or guarantee the first-
mortgage bonds of the Western Maryland Rail-
road Company to an amount not exceeding two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Guarantee
payment.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore, be and they are hereby authorised and
empowered to endorse or guarantee the payment of
the principal and interest on the first mortgage
bonds of the Western Maryland Rail Road Com-
pany to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in such
manner and form as they the said Mayor and City
Council may deem best; and the Mayor and City
Council may exercise the authority hereby granted
at any time hereafter as they may deem proper.

In force.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.