538 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 277

repealed in so far as the same or either of them are incon-
sistent with the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 2. 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 health and safety and hav-
ing been passed upon the yea and nay vote supported by three-
fifths of all of 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 15, 1937.

CHAPTER 277.

AN ACT to authorize the Board of Education of Prince
George's County and the County Commissioners of Prince
George's County to issue and sell serial bonds of said county
to the amount of not more than Four Hundred Forty-Two
Thousand Dollars ($442, 000. 00) for the purpose of acquiring
sites for new school houses and for building new school
houses in said county, and for building additions to or mak-
ing alterations to existing school houses therein, and for
equipping such new or improved school houses, said bonds
to be issued from time to time in the joint discretion of said
boards; and to authorize and direct the County Commission-
ers of Prince George's County to levy such tax on the as-
sessable basis of said county as may be necessary to pay the
interest on such of said bonds as may be outstanding from
time to time, and to redeem said bonds as they become due
and payable.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted 'by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That whenever the Board of Education of Prince
George's County shall think it advisable to build and equip
any or all of the school houses or the additions to the school
houses or to purchase sites for school buildings at the herein-
after named locations, it may by resolution request the County
Commissioners of said county to issue bonds of said County
to pay for the same, and if the County Commissioners of said
County concur in the advisability of issuing such bonds for
the purposes indicated in such resolution, they may by their
resolution order that the same shall be issued as hereinafter
provided, but the total amount of bonds issued hereunder shall
not exceed the sum of Four Hundred Forty-two Thousand Dol-
lars ($442, 000. 00) and the proceeds shall be spent in accord-
ance with the provisions hereof.