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and any part thereof by increasing, decreasing, eliminating
or adding items provided that there shall be no consolida-
tion of items in such manner as to reduce the detailed state-
ment of the appropriations. They shall further be authorized
to revise the schedule of anticipated receipts and estimated
rates for general and special taxes and assessments in such
manner as they may deem necessary. Not later than Decem-
ber 1st, in each year, or on the first day thereafter, if Decem-
ber 1st be a legal holiday, the County Commissioners of St.
Mary's County shall by a majority vote adopt the final
budget, schedule of anticipated receipts, fix general and
special tax rates, and impose the levy for the ensuing fiscal
year. Such levy together with any surplus county funds
and all other revenues from all other sources as shown by
the schedule of anticipated receipts, must be sufficient to
cover the total appropriations in the budget. The final
budget, schedule of anticipated receipts and levies so
adopted shall be signed by a majority of the County Commis-
sioners, certified by their clerk, and at least three copies
kept on record at the office of the County Commissioners,
open to public inspection during regular business hours
throughout the fiscal year in which it covers, and said
County Commissioners shall not incur any obligation on
the faith and credit of St. Mary's County other than those
items provided in the budget.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation 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 of Maryland, the same shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved November 10, 1947.

CHAPTER 64.
(House Bill 26)

AN ACT to authorize, and empower the Commissioners of
Aberdeen, a municipal corporation of the State of Mary-
land, to borrow, upon the faith and credit of the Town of
Aberdeen, a sum of money not exceeding One Hundred and
Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($125, 000. 00) and to issue
and sell bonds therefor; and to expend the proceeds there-
from for the purpose of extending and improving the sewer-
age and drainage systems of Aberdeen, the construction of
a fire house and jail; the purchase of a community recrea-