J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      789

and sub-title be and it is hereby repealed; and that Section 54A of
said Article and sub-title, as this section was enacted by Chapter
824 of the Acts of 1945, be and it is hereby repealed; and that
Section 58 of said Article and sub-title be and it is hereby repealed;
and that Section 59A of said Article and sub-title, as enacted by
Chapter 108 of the Acts of 1955, be and it is hereby repealed, as
follows:

59. At their annual levy-laying term, the County Commissioners
of St. Mary's County shall levy on the assessable property of said
county a sufficient amount to meet and pay all expenditures of said
county for each current year. In levying, as herein provided, it shall
be the duty of said commissioners to provide for the payment, in
cash, of the witnesses and jurors attending the sessions of the
Circuit Court, the bailiff and criers of the Circuit Court, the bailiff
to the Orphans' Court, and the messenger to the County Commis-
sioners, and for road purposes [, almshouse and out-pensioners;
where property is advertised at tax sale, it shall only be necessary
to state the name of the owner or party to whom assessed, the
number of acres of land in the tract, the district in which located,
and the amount due; and such advertisement shall not cost more
than one dollar each.].

[48. At the next general election to be held in this State after
the passage of this act, and at every general election thereafter there
shall be elected one commissioner who shall be a resident of the
commissioner district in said county not represented in said board
of county commissioners. It being the intention of this act that each
of said commissioners' districts shall have a representation in said
board of county commissioners.]

[54A. The County Commissioners are empowered and author-
ized to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, land near
the Court House in Leonardtown, to provide parking facilities there-
for. Any condemnation proceedings instituted under this section
shall be according to the procedure specified in Article 33A of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition, as amended), title
"Eminent Domain,"]

[58. Such person being elected as aforesaid shall give bond to
the State of Maryland in the penalty of five thousand ($5,000)
dollars, with security to be approved by the County Commissioners,
for the true and faithful performance of his duties, which bond
shall be liable for any default by him or misappropriation of any of
the county's or State's money or funds entrusted to him, and shall
be recorded in the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court for said
county; and the County Commissioners of said county may enter
action or actions on said bond for any such default or misappropria-
tion of the funds belonging to said county, and said bond may be
also liable to the State of Maryland for any misappropriation of
State funds or default in the payment thereof.]

[59A. The County Commissioners of St. Mary's County are
hereby authorized, in their discretion, to issue bonds, not to exceed
Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) for the construction
of an addition to and remodeling of the St. Mary's County Court
House, and the equipping of the offices in such Court House.]