280 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 159

SEC. 3. 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 safety, and being passed upon
by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of all the mem-
bers elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assem-
bly, the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 15, 1937.

CHAPTER 159.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
184B of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1935
Supplement), title "Licenses", sub-title "Motor Vehicles",
sub-heading "Fees for Registration of Motor Vehicles", au-
thorizing and directing the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
to refuse any marker, certificate of registration or title for
any motor vehicle owned in the town of Elkton, unless taxes
in arrears thereon have been paid.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land. That Section 184B of Article 56 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1935 Supplement), title "Licenses", sub-title
"Motor Vehicles", sub-heading "Fees for Registration of Motor
Vehicles", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments to read as follows:

184B. In addition to the provisions contained in Section
183, with reference to the requirement of the payment of State
and County taxes on motor vehicles, the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles is hereby authorized and directed to refuse
to issue or transfer any plate or marker, certificate of registra-
tion or title, for any motor vehicles owned by a resident of the
City of Hagerstown, Betterton, Chestertown, Rock Hall, Oak-
land, Brunswick, City of Frederick, Emmitsburg, Cambridge,
East New Market, Galena, Federalsburg, Elkton, Easton, Ox-
ford or St. Michaels, unless he is satisfied that all municipal
taxes due and in arrears on the motor vehicle described in the
certificate of registration or title so to be issued or trans-
ferred, have been paid, provided each motor vehicle is separate-
ly assessed apart from the assessment on any other motor
vehicle or class of assessable property, and provided the tax
to be levied on such motor vehicle is permitted to be paid sep-
arate and apart from the payment of all other taxes, and pro-
vided this section shall apply only in case of taxes becoming
due and in arrears under the levy of 1937 and thereafter.