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to be levied and collected by said corporation, such sum
or sums of money as shall be necessary to pay the annual
interest on said bonds, and to pay said bonds as they
respectively mature; said special tax shall be known as
"The Electric Plant Improvement Tax of 1947" and shall
be levied at the same time and shall become due and in
arrear at the same time, and shall bear interest from the
same date, and shall be liens on all property of the person
or corporation assessed, and shall be collected in the same
manner as other taxes now authorized to be levied, assessed
and collected by said corporation. The proceeds of said
special tax shall be kept separate from the other funds
of said corporation and shall be used for the payment of
the interest on said bonds, and for the payment of said
bonds, and for no other purpose whatsoever.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Town Com-
missioners of Centreville shall keep a full registry of the
bonds authorized under this Act to be issued, with the
name or names of the purchasers thereof, the date of
issue, date of maturity and amount of each bond. When a
bond is redeemed, said bond shall be at once cancelled on
its face, and the entry of said cancellation shall be made
in said book of registry.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Town Com-
missioners of Centreville are hereby given authority and
are hereby directed to pass such ordinances as may be
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public health and
safety, and being 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, shall take effect
upon the date of its passage.

Approved April 2, 1947.

CHAPTER 289.
(Senate Bill 288)

AN ACT to repeal Chapter 289 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland of 1945, and in the place and
stead thereof to authorize and empower the County