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to the auctioneer for his services in conducting the sale;
and if the treasurer, or any clerk, agent or deputy of such
treasurer, shall ask, demand or receive any greater costs
or fees than are allowed by the provisions of this section,
or shall receive any pay or commission for or on account
of any advertising, printing or surveying or any contract
therefor, or for anything which may be done under the
provisions of any of the sections of this sub-title of this
Article, or shall for himself, or any other person, dis-
count or buy, or receive for less than its face or real value,
any claim against said county, or certificate of indebted-
ness issued thereby, the person so offending shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon indictment and con-
viction, shall pay a fine of not less than one hundred, nor
more than five hundred dollars, for each and every such
offense, one-half to go to the informer and the other half
to the school fund of said county.

SEC. 2. 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 being passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by
three-fifths of all 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 4, 1933.

CHAPTER 97.

AN ACT to add three new Sections to Article 15 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (Flack's 1930
Edition), title "Kent County, " sub-title "County Com-
missioners, " said new Sections to be known as Sections
151A, 151B and 151C and to follow immediately after
Section 151 of said Article, authorizing and empowering
the County Commissioners of Kent County to borrow, on
the faith and credit of said County, whenever, from time
to time, the amount of taxes collected in Kent County
shall be insufficient for the maintenance and current ex-
penses of public schools of Kent County and/or insuffi-
cient to meet the current expenses of Kent County, a
sum of money not exceeding Fifty Thousand Dollars
($50, 000. 00) for each of the years 1933 and 1934 for the