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lected, and when collected, shall be applied to the payment of
the interest on outstanding bonds and for the redemption of
the same as they mature and become payable.

The entire faith and credit of the Mayor and Council of
Pocomoke City is hereby authorized to be pledged for the pay-
ment of the interest on said bonds and for the payment of the
principal thereof as the same shall fall due and become
payable.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That said Mayor and
Council of Pocomoke City is hereby authorized, in its discre-
tion, to advertise for bids and sell said bonds, if and when it
is to be the best interests of Pocomoke City that the same be
done.

SEC. 7. 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 being
passed upon a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of
all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the Gen-
eral Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of its
passage.

Approved May 18, 1937.

CHAPTER 321.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 156
of Article 8 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1930 Edition), title "Cecil County", sub-title "County
Treasurer", as said section was amended by Chapter 123 of
of the Acts of the Special Session of 1936, relating to the
payment of taxes and the duties of the County Treasurer
of Cecil County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 156 of Article 8 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Cecil County", sub-
title "County Treasurer", as said section was amended by
Chapter 123 of the Acts of the Special Session of 1936, be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

156. On and after the first day of October in each and
every year taxes shall be deemed in arrears, and upon all taxes
remaining unpaid after that date interest shall be charged