4408 ARTICLE 20.

Health, as hereinbefore provided and shall keep minutes of such meet-
ings; he shall be ex-officio Local Register of vital statistics for the City
of Crisfield, and shall receive an annual salary as fixed by the Mayor and
Council.

1910, ch. 529, sec. 100C (p. 1105).

99. All the provisions of Sections 92C and 92D of 1894, and Chapter
265 of the Acts of 1898, and Chapter 27 of the Acts of 1900, and Chapter
131 of the Acts of 1906, and Chapter 506 of the Acts of 1908, and
Chapter 648 of the Acts of 1908, are hereby declared to be valid, legal
and binding and of full force and effect as if herein fully set forth.

Chs. 27, 1900, and 506, 1908, authorized Crisfield to issue bonds. See secs. 103-
108 for the otiher Acts referred to in this section.

1910, ch. 529, sec. 100D (p. 1106).

100. All the provisions of Chapter 409* of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland, passed at the January session 1872, entitled
"An Act to define and preserve the harbor of Crisfield and the Little
Annamessex River, in Somerset County," and Chapter 8* of the Acts of
the General Assembly of Maryland, passed at the January session 1876,
entitled "An Act to extend the building line in the harbor of Crisfield,
on the north side of the town of Crisfield, into deep water so as to admit
the erection of oyster houses along the same," are hereby continued in force.

1910, ch. 529, sec- 2 (p. 1106).

101. This Act shall take effect from the date of its passage, and to
give bond as aforesaid, and said bond to be approved and recorded, as.
aforesaid. In case of vacancy for any cause, in said office, the Mayor shall
appoint some person to fill the unexpired term, the new appointee to be
confirmed and to take the oath as if originally appointed. The clerk may
take the probate to any account against said city and administer oaths
in any proceedings, where an oath is necessary, had before the Council,
or Mayor, but shall receive no fee therefor.

See sec. 70.

1914, ch. 664.

102. To encourage manufacturing in the City of Crisfield, the Mayor
and Council are authorized to exempt the plant of any manufacturing
company or association hereafter located within the corporate limits of
said city from taxation for corporate purposes for a period not exceeding
five years, but any ordinance, resolution or contract which exempts
from taxation any property except a manufacturing plant, or which ex-
empts a manufacturing plant for a longer period than five years shall be
absolutely null and void.

1894, ch. 289, sec. 92C.

103. So much of the said proceeds in the sinking fund as may be
applicable to the redemption and payment of the principal of the bonds
issued, and which may be collected and received by the commissioners of

*See page 4496 for these chapters.