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SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose
of paying the principal and interest on said bonds as they
respectively become payable and mature, the County Com-
missioners of Wicomico County shall levy, for the first
year following the date of the issue of said bonds, and
annually thereafter until all said bonds shall mature and
be paid, a tax upon all of the assessable property in Wi-
comico County sufficient to pay the annual interest on said
bonds outstanding from time to time, and to pay the prin-
cipal of said bonds as they mature, said taxes to be col-
lected as other taxes levied in said County are collected.
Said tax shall be in addition to all other taxes authorized
or limited by law.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all bonds issued
under the authority of this Act shall be exempt from taxa-
tion by the State of Maryland and by the counties and
municipalities of said State.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That Chapter 289 of
the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1945,
be and the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. 8. 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 having been passed by yea and nay vote, sup-
ported 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 April 2, 1947.

CHAPTEE 290.
(Senate Bill 309)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
136 of Article 10 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Dorchester County,"
sub-title "Circuit Court," sub-heading "Court Stenog-
raphers," being also codified as Section 29 of Article
20 of said Code, title "Somerset County," sub-title
"Circuit Court," sub-heading "Court Stenographer," Sec-
tion 20 of Article 23 of said Code, title "Wicomico
County," sub-title "Circuit Court," sub-heading "Court