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they have been such staff officers and employees for a period not
less than the six months immediately preceding the effective date of
this Act, are transferred to and shall become staff officers and em-
ployees of the Juvenile Court herein created within the Circuit Court
of Allegany County, with no impairment or diminution of salary or
of any rights and privileges under the said subtitle "Classified Serv-
ice" or otherwise.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1964.

Approved April 7, 1964.

CHAPTER 21
(Senate Bill 22)

AN ACT to authorize and empower the Board of County Commis-
sioners of Caroline County to issue and sell serial bonds upon the
full faith and credit of said County in an amount not in excess of
Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000.00) to be
issued in such amounts and at such times as said County Commis-
sioners may designate, for the purpose of redesigning, renovating,
altering, remodeling, repairing, equipping and landscaping the
Caroline County Court House and authorizing the Board of County
Commissioners of Caroline County to levy taxes on the assessable
property in said County to provide funds for the payment of in-
terest and principal as the same become payable.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the County Commissioners of Caroline County be and they are
authorized and empowered to borrow at one time or from time to
time, upon the full faith and credit of Caroline County, and to issue
and sell at one time or from time to time its bonds therefor, a sum
or sums of money not to exceed Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($350,000.00), at a net average interest rate not in excess
of five per centum (5%) per annum for the entire issue, for the pur-
pose of redesigning, renovating, altering, remodeling, repairing,
equipping and landscaping the Caroline County Court House includ-
ing architects and other professional fees in connection therewith.
The money raised by the bond issue authorized by this Act shall be
expended for the above purposes. Such bonds shall be designated
"Caroline County Court House Improvement Bonds of 1964" and
shall be of such denomination or denominations and of such type or
form, of such periods of maturity, not exceeding twenty-five (25)
years, all as the County Commissioners of Caroline County may deem
advisable, and the proceeds of such sale or sales shall be spent in
accordance with the provisions hereof. The said borrowing and every
bond, coupon or other evidence thereof, and the interest payable
thereon, shall be and remain exempt from taxation by the State of
Maryland and by the counties, and municipalities of said State.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said bonds shall be signed
by the President of said County Commissioners of Caroline County
and the Treasurer of Caroline County, with the seal of Caroline