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diate preservation of the public health and safety, and be-
ing 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 5, 1933.

CHAPTER 232.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendment Section
454 of Article 10 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland, title "Dorchester County, " sub-title "Roads. "

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 454'of Article 10 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Dorchester County, "
sub-title "Roads, " be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendment.

Section 454. The County Commissioners for Dorchester
County shall, within sixty days after the passage of this
Act, appoint some competent person as County Road Engi-
neer of Dorchester County, who shall have sufficient
knowledge of civil engineering and road construction to
enable him accurately to make surveys, plats, profiles and
specifications for the grading, draining, maintenance, re-
pair and construction of the public roads and bridges of
said county, and also to do all necessary engineering work
for the building or rebuilding of roads and bridges, and
who shall have had such experience in road engineering
work as the said County Commissioners for Dorchester
County may deem proper, and the said County Road En-
gineer shall hold his office for such a term as may be agreed
upon by contract at the time of his appointment, and the
County Board Engineer shall receive a salary of twelve
hundred dollars per year, payable monthly, and such other
sum for traveling expenses as may be deemed necessary by
the County Commissioners for Dorchester County.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1933.

Approved April 21, 1933.