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of Article 31 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement
Volume), and said bonds and the coupons attached thereto and the
interest payable thereon shall be and remain forever exempt from
State, County and Municipal taxation in the State of Maryland.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the proceeds of the sale
of said bonds shall be paid to the Treasurer of Charles County and
shall be placed in a special fund by the County Treasurer, and shall
be paid out by him only on warrants from the County Commission-
ers, which warrants shall be issued only upon proper vouchers pre-
sented to the County Commissioners for the purposes mentioned in
Section 1 of this Act.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of pay-
ing the principal and interest of said bonds, the County Commis-
sioners of Charles County are hereby authorized, empowered and
directed to levy in each year so long as any of said bonds are out-
standing and unpaid, an ad valorem tax on all property subject to
taxation, within Charles County, sufficient in rate and amount to
pay the interest payable in said year on all outstanding bonds and
the principal of all bonds maturing in said year, the proceeds of
said tax to be kept in a special fund and in no case to be used for
any other purpose. In case such bonds shall be issued in any year
after the making of the regular levy of that year, then the County
Commissioners of Charles County are empowered, authorized and
directed to pay any and all interest becoming due before the next
levy, out of any other funds at their disposal, and to levy at the next
succeeding levy an amount sufficient to reimburse such other funds.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved April 11, 1972.

CHAPTER 58
(House Bill 743)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 7 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of St. Mary's County (1970 Supple-
ment, being Article 19 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land), title "St. Mary's County," subtitle "Circuit Court," to
change the manner of compensating the court reporters and the
court stenographers in St. Mary's County, and to clarify the lan-
guage therein.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 7 of the Code of Public Local Laws of St. Mary's County
(1970 Supplement, being Article 19 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland), title "St. Mary's County," subtitle "Circuit Court," be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows: