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to the procedure for filing claims for the payment of indebtedness
therefor.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 79 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Allegany County
(1955 Edition, being Article 1 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland), title "Allegany County", sub-title "County Commis-
sioners", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

79.

All accounts against the County Commissioners of Allegany County
[or against any of the institutions of said County or for any services
rendered for or on behalf of the County Commissioners or any of
the County institutions, except salaries provided for by law or by
said County Commissioners, shall not be payable nor shall the
County Commissioners be liable therefor unless the same shall be
verified by affidavit made before a Justice of the Peace or Notary
Public of said County, or before the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
said County, and all bills incurred by the said County Commissioners
or by or on behalf of any of the institutions of said County, shall be
paid by the draft of the Clerk of the County Commissioners, counter-
signed by the President of the County Commissioners, and drawn on
the Treasurer of said County.] or any institution or department
thereof for services rendered or materials furnished for or on behalf
of the County Commissioners or any institution or department
thereof, except salaries of the employees or otherwise provided for
by law, shall not be payable unless the same shall be verified by a
statement thereon that said account is "certified true and correct
and payment not received", and all indebtedness of the County shall
be paid by check or draft or warrant of the County Commissioners,
signed by the President of the County Commissioners and counter-
signed by the Clerk of the County Commissioners and the Treasurer
of the County, provided, however, that facsimile signatures, so de-
fined in Section 13 of Article 31 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition, as amended), may be used for any two of aforesaid
officers on any one instrument, and provided further that at least
one signature required to be placed thereon shall be manually sub-
scribed.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved April 24, 1961.

CHAPTER 409

(Senate Bill 430)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 8 of
Article 17 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1960 Supplement),

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

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