422                              Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 312

shall perform the duties pertaining to his office and such other
duties as may be prescribed by the County Commissioners or im-
posed by law, and shall have full power to administer an oath or
affirmation to any and all persons who are to be examined as wit-
nesses in any matter before the County Commissioners, and touch-
ing or relating to any account, bill or other matter to be filed in the
office of said County Commissioners. Said Clerk shall receive an
annual salary not to exceed [Three Thousand Six Hundred Dollars
($3,600.00) ] Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00), payable monthly.

The Clerk shall perform all the duties of his office without any

additional help. The office of the Clerk shall be kept open from 9
A.M. until 12 noon, and from 1 P.M. until 4 P.M. [daily, except Sun-
day.] Monday through Friday, 9 AM. to 12 noon on Saturday,
and shall be closed on Sunday and on all legal holidays.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.

Approved April 3, 1959.

CHAPTER 312
(House Bill 106)

AN ACT to authorize and empower the County Commissioners for
Prince George's County, from time to time, to borrow, not ex-
ceeding One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) for the purpose of fi-
nancing the construction and equipping of Regional County Li-
braries and purchase of land therefore, to be located at such place in
the County as the Board of County Commissioners may deem advis-
able; to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale to the high-
est bidder or bidders at public sale of its general obligation, serial
maturity coupon bonds in like par amount; empowering said
County to fix and determine, by resolution, the form, tenor,
interest rate or method of arriving at the same, terms, in-
cluding redemption and registration provisions, conditions, matur-
ities and all other details incident or necessary to the issuance,
public sale and delivery of said bonds, without reference to any
other law heretofore enacted; prescribing the method and manner
of selling said bonds at public sale; empowering said County, sub-
ject to certain limitations, to sell said bonds at, above or below
the par value thereof; empowering said County to refund any of
said bonds purchased or redeemed in advance of maturity; empow-
ering and directing said County to apply to the payment of prin-
cipal and interest of said bonds and said refunding bonds any funds
received from the State of Maryland and the United States of
America, which may be properly allocable to said purpose; em-
powering and directing said County to contract to levy and to levy,
impose and collect annually ad valorem taxes which, in addition to

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

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