Whenever any such treasurer or other authorized financial officer
mentioned in § 6 shall have in his possession any uninvested monies or
other funds belonging to any of the sinking funds referred to in § 6,
it shall be his duty to deposit the same in some safe banking
institution or trust company located in the State of Maryland, pending
investment or reinvestment, and it shall be his duty to demand from any
such banking institution or trust company adequate security for so much
of said deposits as shall exceed the guarantee of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation, which security may consist of any of the classes
of securities referred to in § 6 as suitable for investment of such
sinking fund or may consist of a surety bond of some responsible
corporate surety company qualified to do business in the State of
Maryland, and no such deposit shall be made unless the security herein
described shall be given.
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