660                              Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 278

subtitle "Process," to provide a penalty for a clerk's neglect or
delay to perform the duties required by Maryland Rule 103 i, and
to change the effective date of Maryland Rule 103 i from January
1, 1957 to September 26, 1957.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 89 of Article 75 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1969 Replacement Volume), title "Pleadings, Practice and Process
at Law," subtitle "Process," be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, and to read as follows:

89.

Every clerk who shall neglect or delay to perform the duties re-
quired by Rule 103 i of the Rules of Practice and Procedure ap-
proved and adopted by the Court of Appeals of Maryland to take
effect on [January 1, 1957] September 26, 1957, shall forfeit and
pay a sum not exceeding fifty dollars for every refusal or neglect,
for the use of the State.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1970.

Approved April 22, 1970

CHAPTER 278
(Senate Bill 385)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 3 of
Chapter 459 of the Laws of Maryland of 1969 to provide for an
increase from six percent to eight percent in the interest rate
at which the County Commissioners of Harford County can issue
bonds or borrow money to finance building, expansion and other
forms of capital improvements for Harford Memorial Hospital,
Inc.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 3 of Chapter 459 of the Laws of Maryland of 1969
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

3.

That, subject to the foregoing limitations, the County shall, before
borrowing any money or issuing any bonds pursuant to the authority
of this Act, adopt a resolution describing generally construction or
improvements for which said borrowing or indebtedness is intended,
the amount needed for said purposes, and determining to borrow
money or incur indebtedness for all or a part of the amount so
needed, and to issue its bonds to evidence such borrowing or in-
debtedness. Each series or group of said bonds shall be issued to
mature in annual serial installments, the last installment to mature
not later than thirty (30) years from the date of issue of said group
or series. In said resolution, said County shall fix the annual serial
maturity plan with respect to the bonds to be issued thereunder and