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of the municipality issuing the said bonds as to the prin-
cipal and interest thereof. In the issuance of any such
bonds the municipality issuing the same shall make suit-
able provision for levying annually a general tax upon all
the assessable property subject to tax within the jurisdic-
tion of the municipality issuing the same for the pay-
ment of the principal of said bonds and the interest thereon
as the same may become due and payable. All Acts or
parts of Acts, whether general or local, conflicting in any
way with the provisions of this Act, including Article 31
of the Annotated Code of Maryland or any amendments
thereto shall be and the same are hereby repealed, so far
as the issuance of bonds for the construction of airports is
concerned, provided that no municipality shall issue bonds
hereunder in an amount which together with the aggregate
amount of all other actual bonded indebtedness of said
municipality shall exceed 10% of the total assessed valua-
tion of the properties located within said municipality.

104. (Short Title.) This Act may be cited as the
"State Aviation Commission Act".

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and
parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Act,
be and they are hereby repealed to the extent of such
inconsistency.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any provi-
sion of this Act or the application thereof to any person
or circumstance shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall
not affect the provisions or application of this Act which
can be given effect without the invalid provisions or appli-
cation, and to this end the provisions of this Act are
declared to be severable.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1947.

Approved May 7, 1947.

CHAPTER 897.
(Senate Bill 316)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 23 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title
"Wicomico County", sub-title "County Commissioners",