1184 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 489

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the County
Commissioners of the several counties of the State and the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore are hereby respec-
tively directed to levy the State taxes for the years 1950
and 1951 at Three Cents (3^) on each One Hundred Dol-
lars ($100) of assessable property, and for the year 1952
and all succeeding years until all certificates issued under
the authority of this Act are redeemed, Fifteen Cents
(15^) on each One Hundred Dollars ($100) of assessable
property, to be collected according to law, to meet the
interest on the amount of said certificates outstanding,
and also to meet and redeem so much of the principal
in each of said years as may be represented by certifi-
cates redeemable in each year, respectively, provided
however, that the levy or levies provided for in this Sec-
tion shall not be made and the said tax or taxes shall
not be collected in any year if before January 1, 1950,
and before the beginning of each year thereafter the
Board of Public Works shall ascertain as a fact upon a
certified statement rendered to such Board by the State
Comptroller that all payment of principal and interest
on the certificates issued pursuant to the terms of this
Act have been met during the current year from the
payments received from each of the counties and the City
of Baltimore, as more particularly provided in Section 5
of this Act. Upon the ascertainment of such fact by the
Board of Public Works, the Governor shall, by proclama-
tion issued pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Public
Works, publicly declare that the State taxes provided for
in this Section shall not be collected or levied in any such
succeeding year.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1949.

Approved April 29, 1949.

CHAPTER 489
(Senate Bill 444)

AN ACT to authorize and empower the County Commis-
sioners of Dorchester County to borrow upon the faith
and credit of said County a sum not to exceed One Hun-
dred Thousand Dollars ($100, 000. 00) and to issue coupon
bonds therefor for the maintenance, repair, rehabilita-
tion or reconstruction of certain bridges in Dorchester