298 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 173

on the facsimile signature of the Treasurer or Clerk of
said Town.

SEC. 4. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith
are hereby repealed, but nothing herein shall be taken to
interfere with existing law for the protection or enforce-
ment of the collection of said special assessments and the
same shall be collected in the same manner and to the
same extent as Town taxes are now collected under the
provisions of Chapter 731 of the Acts of 1920 and any
amendments thereto.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act is here-
by declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the health, morals, safety or
welfare 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 21, 1933.

CHAPTER 173.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections
2 and 4 of Chapter 189 of the Acts of 1931, so as to
reduce the annual appropriation for the Prince George's
County Volunteer Fire Association and the bond of the
Treasurer of said Association.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 2 and 4 of Chapter 189 of the
Acts of 1931, be and they are hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments to read as follows:

2. The County Commissioners of Prince George's
County be and they are hereby authorized and directed to
appropriate and levy annually the sum of thirteen thousand
five hundred dollars ($13, 500) for the use of the Prince
George's County Volunteer Fire Association. Said sum
shall be paid annually to the Treasurer of said Association
and shall be disbursed by him only on order of the Board of
Directors of said Association to the member companies, de-
partments or rescue squads of said Association, only for