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SEC. 2. And 'be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate 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, the same shall take effect from the date of
its passage.

Approved March 3, 1947.

CHAPTER 95.
(House Bill 158)

AN ACT to add four new sections to Article 22 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title
"Washington County", sub-title "Funkstown", said new
sections to be known as Sections 226A to 226D, inclusive,
and to follow immediately after Section 226' of said Article,
authorizing the Burgess and Commissioners of Funkstown,
Washington County, to borrow $25,000 upon the faith
and credit of said town for the purpose of erecting and
constructing a municipal building and to purchase the land
necessary therefor and/or any other land needed for muni-
cipal purposes and providing for a referendum on such
bond issue.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That four new sections be and they are hereby added
to Article 22 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1930 Edition), title "Washington County", sub-title "Funks-
town", said new sections to be known as Sections 226A to
226D, inclusive, and to follow immediately after Section 226
of said Article, and to read as follows :

226A. The Burgess and Commissioners of Funkstown, in
Washington County, a municipal corporation of the State of
Maryland, is hereby authorized to borrow upon the faith and
credit of said Town the amount of Twenty-five Thousand
Dollars ($25,000) and from time to time to issue and sell
bonds not exceeding said sum of $25,000, said bonds to be
signed by the Burgess and countersigned by the Clerk of
said Town and to be sealed with the seal of the Town. The
entire proceeds of such bonds, after payment of costs of en-
graving and all other incidental costs and expenses connected
with the issuance of such bonds, shall be used, either alone or