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be necessary for the protection of the public credit and the health,
morals, welfare, or safety of the people of the County, the Board
of County Commissioners of Harford County shall be and they are
hereby authorized to borrow upon the faith and credit of said county
such sum or sums of money as in their discretion may be necessary
to pay such expenses or obligations; provided that the total indebted-
ness incurred under this section shall never exceed at any one time
the sum of [five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00).] one
million dollars ($1,000,000.00).

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public health and safety and having been passed by a
yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members elected
to each of the two houses of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 24, 1969.

CHAPTER 53
(House Bill 650)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 24 of
Article 25 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement
Volume and 1968 Supplement), title "County Commissioners," sub-
title "General Provisions," to provide for the annual publication
in a county newspaper of the receipts and expenses of Garrett
County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 24 of Article 25 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1966 Replacement Volume and 1968 Supplement), title "County
Commissioners," subtitle "General Provisions," be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

24.

They shall make out and publish annually in at least two news-
papers published in their respective counties if there be two, a de-
tailed, minute and accurate statement of the expenses of their said
counties, specifying therein each particular item of expense, and for
what and to whom paid, and shall also deliver to the sheriff of their
respective counties as many copies of such statement as there are
election districts in the county, at least ten days before each general
election; and the sheriff shall within six days after the receipt of
such copies set up one of them at the place of holding elections in
each election district, and the clerk of the county commissioners and
the sheriff who shall fail to perform the duty imposed by this section
shall each forfeit the sum of one hundred dollars. Provided that the
County Commissioners of St. Mary's County shall not expend more
than twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) in any one year for publishing
the notices required by this section, and the publication of the
notices of the supervisor of elections relative to elections, registration,
etc. Provided that in St. Mary's and Frederick counties it shall not be