HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1083
CHAPTER 860.
(House Bill 853)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
149A of Article 22 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Washington County", sub-
title "County Commissioners", as said section was enacted
by Chapter 3, Acts of 1933, authorizing the County Commis-
sioners of Washington County to borrow under certain
conditions not exceeding $400, 000 for capital improvements,
construction, alteration, reconditioning or equalizing capital
improvements.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 149A of Article 22 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Washington
County", sub-title "Comity Commissioners", as said section
was enacted by Chapter 3 of the Acts of 1933, be and it is here-
by repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as fol-
lows:

149A. Whenever the amount of taxes collected in Washing-
ton County shall be insufficient to meet the current expenses,
the County Commissioners of Washington County are hereby
authorized and empowered to borrow on the faith and credit
of Washington County to meet the current expenses of said
County, for a period of time not to exceed six (6) months, a
sum or sums of money not to exceed Three Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($300, 000), in the aggregate in any one year, and the
said County Commissioners are authorized and empowered to
borrow for capital improvements, construction, alteration, re-
conditioning, or equipping said capital improvements, a sum
not to exceed Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400, 000. 00),
for a period not to exceed three (3) years; provided, however,
that the aggregate indebtedness incurred shall not at one time
exceed the said sum of Four Hundred Thousand Dollars
($400, 000. 00), and to issue for said indebtedness the note or
notes of the County Commissioners of Washington County,
said note or notes to be signed by the President of the County
Commissioners of Washington County, and countersigned by
the Clerk of the County Commissioners of Washington County,
and to Sear interest from the date of their issuance.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1945.

Approved April 27, 1945.