450 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 245

due, said taxes to be collected as other taxes levied in said
town are collected.

SEC 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and safety, and being passed
upon 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 15, 1937.

CHAPTER 245.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 91
of Article 12 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1930 Edition), title "Garrett County", sub-title "County
Commissioners", relating to sale of property acquired by
County Commissioners at tax sale.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Article 12 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Garrett County", sub-title
"County Commissioners", be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:

91. Whenever it shall become necessary to sell any land in
Garrett County, because of the non-payment of the State and
County taxes due thereon, it shall and may be lawful for the
County Commissioners to purchase said lands, or such parts
thereof as may be necessary, to the amount of said taxes, and
if the taxpayer, in whose name said land was assessed and
sold, shall not within one year from the day of said sale
pay and discharge said taxes, interest and costs, the title to
said land shall become absolute in said County Commissioners,
as against said delinquent taxpayer, and the County Commis-
sioners are authorized to sell said land in the manner pro-
vided by Section 84 of Article 81 of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws and to convey the same to the purchaser thereof
after reporting said sale and after the ratification thereof
by the Circuit Court for Garrett County, and a good title shall
be vested in the purchaser of said land, as against said delin-
quent taxpayer.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1937.

Approved May 18, 1937.