SAMUEL SPRIGG, ESQ. GOVERNOR.

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10. And be it enacted, That the investment so accumulating,
is hereby inviolably pledged for the establishment of a general sys-
tem of free schools throughout the state of Maryland, and shall be
used and appropriated for no other purpose whatsoever, and shall
be equally divided among the several counties of this state.

Dec. Ses. 1821.
Pledged.

11. And be it enacted, That upon any of the aforesaid banks
accepting of and complying with the terms and conditions of this
act, the faith of the state is hereby pledged not to impose any fur-
ther tax or burthen upon them during the continuance of their
charters under this act; and in case of the acceptance of and com-
pliance with the provisions of this act, by the several banks hereby
required to make the aforementioned road, the faith of the state is
further pledged to the aforesaid banks in the city of Baltimore, not
to grant a charter of incorporation to any other banking institution
to be established in the city or precincts of Baltimore, before the
first day of January eighteen hundred and forty-five, and the end of
the session of the general assembly next thereafter.

State not to im-
pose further
tax on banks
accepting nor
establish new
banks in Bal-
timore.

12. And be it enacted, That the said banks specified in the
seventh section of this act, should they elect so to do, shall be, and
they are hereby exempt from the payment of the annual tax hereby
imposed, upon condition of their paying to the treasurer of the
Western Shore of the state of Maryland, on or before the first day
of January eighteen hundred and twenty-three, the sum of one
hundred thousand dollars, to be appropriated in the manner herein
before provided for.

Banks exempt
—condition.

13. And be it enacted, That nothing herein contained shall
release any of the aforesaid banks from their obligation to comply
with the terms and conditions of the aforesaid act of eighteen hun-
dred and thirteen, chapter one hundred and twenty-two; but that a
failure on their part to comply with said terms and conditions shall
have the same effect as it would have had if this law had not
passed.

Not released.

14. And be it enacted, That all laws repugnant to or incon-
sistent with this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

Repeal

CHAPTER 132.

An act relating to the opening of Bottle Alley, in the City of Balti-
more, and for other purposes.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted By the General Assembly of Maryland,
That William Krebs, George Decker, John Rogers, Henderson P.
Lowe and Thomas Winwood, are appointed commissioners, after
having given five days notice in the public papers in Baltimore, and
taken the necessary oath or affirmation, shall at any time before the
first day of March next, proceed to assess the damages that may be
done to any person or persons by opening Bottle Alley, from Han-
over to Sharp streets, according to the act of the commissioners for
laying down streets, lanes and alleys. And shall also declare what
sum of money each individual benefitted thereby shall respectively
contribute and pay towards compensating the person or persons in-
jured by the opening and extending said alley. And the names of the
person or persons, and the sums of money which they shall be res-
pectively obliged to pay, shall be returned under the hands and seals
of the commissioners aforesaid, to the collector of the city of Bal-
timore, for the time being, who is to file the same in his office.

Passed Jan. 29
1822.

Commissioners
—damages to
be assessed.