96 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 34

rendered by the County Treasurer in connection with such
registration, this fee to be deducted each week before remit-
ting to the said Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Each of
the County Treasurers so directed to issue tags shall first
provide to the State of Maryland a bond in such form and
in such amount as prescribed by the Comptroller.

The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall furnish each
County Treasurer all the necessary forms or blanks, includ-
ing reports, as well as all metal plates or markers, and all
stationery necessary to enable the said County Treasurer
to perform the duties herein set forth; but each County
Treasurer shall pay for any additional clerks occasioned in
performing these duties out of the fees payable to him. The
provisions of this section shall not apply to Baltimore, Cecil,
Harford and Howard Counties.

The following counties shall leave the decision as to whether
or not this section shall apply to the Board of County
Commissioners of the respective counties by appropriate reso-
lution: Allegany, Carroll, Dorchester, Frederick, Prince
George's, Worcester, Washington and Wicomico. The County
Treasurers of Somerset County, Calvert County and Garrett
County are hereby mandatorily directed to act as the agent
of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles in the registration
of motor vehicles of the Class A. passenger or pleasure type
and to issue metal plates or markers, as herein above pre-
scribed.

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 34.
(Senate Bill 39)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments. Sub-sec-
tion 9(a) of Article 72 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1939 Edition), title "Oysters and Clams", as said
sub-section was enacted by Chapter 929 of the Acts of
1945, relating to packers' and dealers' licenses and the
percentage of shells which must be turned over to the
State.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sub-section 9(a) of Article 72 of the Annotated