1852.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 147.

Proviso.

pany; Provided, however, that the amount for which
the said city shall be responsible, shall not exceed the
sum of one million and five hundred thousand dol-
lars.

Power to bor-
row money.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That to enable the said
mayor and city council to meet the liability to be incur-
red by them for principal or interest, under the authori-
ty hereby conferred on them, they are empowered
hereby, over and above any existing privilege, to raise
money heretofore imposed upon them, to borrow any
amount of money not exceeding one million and an
half of dollars, from such persons, on such terms, and
for such length of time, as they, the said mayor and
city council, from time to time, may find convenient
and expedient for the accomplishment of the purposes
contemplated by this act.

Authority to
levy upon as-
sessable pro-
perty.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said mayor
and city council of Baltimore, are hereby authorised
and empowered, in addition to any power of taxation
heretofore vested in them, to levy upon the assessable
properly within the limits of the city of Baltimore, or
collect, by tax, according to the usual mode of raising
money, by taxation, in the said city of Baltimore, any
sum or sums of money which may be necessary to pay
and discharge the principal and interest of any loan or
loans, which may be obtained by the said mayor and
city council of Baltimore, in pursuance of this act.

In force.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from and after its passage.

CHAPTER 147.

Passed April
7, 1852.

A FURTHER Additional Supplement to the Act
passed December Session, eighteen hundred and
thirty-eight, chapter one hundred and ninety-one,
entitled, an Act to provide for the establishment of
District Schools in Charles county.

Authority to
adjust ac-
counts of pri-
mary school
teachers.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That it shall be the duty of the Or-
phans' court of Charles county, and they are hereby
authorised, to audit and adjust the accounts and claims

of the primary school teachers of said county, for the
years eighteen hundred and forty-eight, eighteen hun-