1048 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 31

Amendment proposed by Mr. Frick: "Strike out all after
the words 'A Bill' and in lieu thereof insert the following:
'Entitled, an Act to repeal and re-enact, with amendments,
Section 747 of the Revised Charter of Baltimore city.

'Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 747 of the Revised Charter of Baltimore
city be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, so as to read as follows:

'747. It shall be their duty to estimate annually what sum
of money will be necessary for each current fiscal year to en-
able them to discharge the duty imposed on them, and they
shall forthwith certify the same to the Mayor and City Coun-
cil of Baltimore, who are required, without delay, specifically
to assess and levy such amount as shall be sufficient to raise
the same clear of all expenses and discounts upon all the as-
sessable property in the City of Baltimore, and cause the
same to be collected as all other city taxes; and it is made the
duty of the City Collector of Baltimore, and he is required
to collect said tax, to be denominated the police tax; and
the said Board of Police Commissioners, upon and after quali-
fying as such, are authorized to make requisitions from time
to time upon the Comptroller of the City of Baltimore, or
other proper disbursing officer of the corporation, for such
sums of money as they may from time to time deem necessary
for the purpose of carrying out the objects and intentions of
this sub-division of this Article; provided the same shall not
exceed in any one year the amount so as aforesaid certified
or which may thereafter be certified for that year to the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore aforesaid; and in case the said
disbursing officer shall not forthwith pay over the amount of
each requisition as made, it shall be the duty of the said
Board, and they are authorized and required, to issue cer-
tificates of indebtedness in the name of the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore in such sum as they may deem advisable
for the amount of such requisitions, respectively, bearing in-
terest at 6 per cent, per annum, payable at not more than
twelve months after date, and signed by a majority of said
Board and to raise the money on said certificates by pledging
or disposing of the same, which certificates shall be receiv-
able at par in payment of city taxes and be as binding on said
corporation and as recoverable against it as if the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore had themselves issued the same;
and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall have no
power or authority to levy or collect any tax or appropriate
any money for the payment of any police force other than