HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1741

"P" .................. 65, 000 July 1, 1955

"Q" .................. 68, 000 July 1, 1953

"K" .................. 70, 000 July 1, 1954

"S" .................. 73, 000 July 1, 1955

"T" .................. 76, 000 July 1, 1956

"U" .................. 79, 000 July 1, 1957

"V" .................. 82, 000 July 1, 1958

"W" .................. 86, 000 July 1, 1959

"X" .................. 89, 000 July 1, 1960

"Y" .................. 93, 000 July 1, 1961

"Z" .................. 96, 000 July 1, 1962

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 and directed to have prepared proper
Certificates of Indebtedness of the State in good and sufficient
form to aggregate the amount of Two Million Dollars ($2, 000, -
000) as evidence of such loan; such Certificates of Indebted-
ness 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 Dollars ($100. 00), or any suitable multiple there-
of. Each of said Certificates shall be signed by the Treasurer
of the State and countersigned by the Comptroller of the Treas-
ury 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 may be registered, or
not registered, and the said Certificates or any portion there-
of, shall have interest coupons attached, or said Certificates
or any portion thereof shall not have interest coupons at-
tached all as the Governor, the Comptroller of the Treasury
and the Treasurer, shall determine.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That in order to pro-
vide for the selling of the Certificates of Indebtedness afore-
said, to be issued under the provisions of this Act, the Gov-
ernor, 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 Certifi-
cates 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 be 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 discretion of the Governor, Comptroller of