HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 827

four dollars per day; the per diem of each crier
to said court shall be four dollars and the cer-
tificate of the clerk of the Circuit Court, expressing
the number of days any of the aforegoing officers,
or witnesses, whose fees are properly chargeable against
the county, may be entitled to for such attendance shall be
sufficient authority for the treasurer of said county to pay
the amount therein specified on presentation.

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

Approved April 23? 1945.

CHAPTER 744.

(Senate Bill 625)

AN ACT to authorize and empower the County Commis-
sioners of Frederick County to borrow at one time, or
from time to time, upon the faith and credit of said
County a sum not to exceed a total of Two-Hundred
Thousand ($200, 000. 00) Dollars by the issuance and sale
of bonds or notes therefore; providing generally for the
time, terms and manner of said bond issue; that the
proceeds thereof be used exclusively for the erection and
equipment of new public school buildings, the purchase
of any land necessary therefore, and additions to exist-
ing public school buildings in said County; providing for
the payment of said loan, principal and interest, by the
levy of taxes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the County Commissioners of Frederick County, a
body corporate, in order to provide funds for the erection
and equipment of new public school buildings, the purchase
of any land necessary therefor, and the erection of ad-
ditions to existing public school buildings in said County,
is hereby authorized and empowered at one time, or from
time to time, between July 1, 1945 and July 1, 1947, to
borrow money on the faith and credit of said County and
to issue and sell at one time, or from time to time, its bonds
or notes therefor, not to exceed in the aggregate the sum
of Two-Hundred Thousand ($200, 000. 00) Dollars. The
County Commissioners of Frederick County shall, by re-
solution, prescribe the form and tenor of such bonds or
notes, the rate of interest not exceeding 5% per annum