1410 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 572

said section was amended by Chapter 846 of the Acts of
1945, be and it is hereby repealed and. re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

14. The Commissioners of Ridgely shall have power
to levy annually a tax on the assessable property of said
town for the general purposes of said corporation, not
exceeding in any one year One Dollar and Fifty Cents
($1.50) on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) worth
of said assessable property, which shall be a lien on all
of said property, real, personal and mixed, within said
town until paid, and said taxes shall be due and pay-
able on or before the first day of July, and a discount of
two (2%) per cent shall be allowed on the payment of the
said taxes if paid during the month of July, in which
month they become due, and interest shall be chargeable
on such taxes after the first day of September immedi-
ately following the date when the same become due and
payable.

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 of 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 April 16, 1947.

CHAPTER 572.
(Senate Bill 384)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 1A of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title
"City of Cumberland", sub-title "Police and Fire", said
new section to be known as Section 36LL, and to follow
immediately after Section 36L of said Article, as said
Section was enacted by Chapter 436 of the Acts of 1943
and renumbered by Chapter 756 of the Acts of 1945,
relating to vacations and sick-leave of Classified City
Service employees of Cumberland.

SECTIONl. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article 1A