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property of said city as may be necessary to pay the interest
on all the outstanding city bonds, and to provide a fund for
the redemption and payment thereof at maturity, provided,
however, that the total bonded or floating indebtedness of said
city (exclusive of the indebtedness of the Water Department)
shall not exceed at any one time ten per cent, of the assessed
valuation of the property in said city.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1951.

Approved April 13, 1951.

CHAPTER 422
(House Bill 646)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 1
of Chapter 36 of the Acts of the Special Session of 1948 and
Section 1 of Chapter 697 of the Acts of the Regular Session
of 1949, providing that in Harford County no retired school
teacher shall be permitted to qualify for additional pension
payments under said Acts on or after June 1, 1951.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 1 of Chapter 36 of the Acts of the Special
Session 'of 1948 and Section 1 of Chapter 697 of the Acts of
the Regular Session of 1949, be and they are hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

1. The County Commissioners of Cecil and Harford Coun-
ties be and they are hereby authorized and directed to pay to
each teacher of said counties who has been retired on a pension
and who receives less than Six Hundred Dollars ($600) per
year, an additional amount sufficient to make the total pay-
ments to said teacher equal Six Hundred Dollars ($600) and
they are hereby authorized and directed to levy a sufficient
sum each year to pay the increased pensions authorized by
this Act. Provided, however, that in Harford County no per-
son who has not qualified to receive the compensation provided
for hereinabove in this section prior to June 1, 1951, shall be

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[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.