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thereon, shall annually levy such tax on the assessable
property of Frederick County as shall be necessary to pay
the interest on any bonds or notes that may be issued
and outstanding hereunder as the same become due and
payable, and also, in addition thereto, the County Com-
missioners shall annually levy a tax upon the assessable
property of said County sufficient to pay and retire all of
said bonds or notes as they shall mature.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the bonds or
notes authorized by this Act shall be sold in the manner
prescribed by Section 35 of Article 31 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1939 Edition).

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1945.

Approved April 23, 1945.

CHAPTER 745.
(Senate Bill 626)

AN ACT to add a new paragraph to Sub-section (1) of
Section 7 of Article 73B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1943 Supplement), title "Pensions, " sub-title "Ser-
vice Retirement Benefit, " said new paragraph to be
known as Paragraph (c) and to follow immediately after
Paragraph (b) of said Sub-section, as said sub-section
was amended by Chapter 701 of the Acts of 1945,
clarifying the language of said Article to conform to the
lowered age of retirement.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new paragraph be and it is hereby added to Sub-
section (1) of Section 7 of Article 73B of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1943 Supplement), title "Pensions, "
sub-title "Service Retirement Benefit, " said new paragraph
to be known as Paragraph (c) and to follow immediately
after Paragraph (b) of said Sub-section, as said sub-section
was amended by Chapter 701 of the Acts of 1945, and to
read as follows:

7.

(1).

(c). On and after the effective date of Paragraph
(a) of this sub-section, whenever the phrase "age of 65"