492 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 274

a further period of two years and assessments thereafter
to be made as provided for by this Act.

SEC. 5. 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 of 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 274.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections
293 and 294 of Article 24 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Worcester
County, " sub-title "Sheriff, " and to add seven new sec-
tions to said Article, said new sections to be known as
Sections 294A, 294B, 294C, 294D, 294E, 294F and 294G,
and to follow immediately after Section 294 of said Arti-
cle, relating to the compensation, bond and duties of the
sheriff of Worcester County and the appointment by him
. of two deputies and fixing their salaries, providing for
certain allowances to be paid to him and for the disposi-
tion of the fees, fines, costs and other charges collected
by him.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 293 and 294 of Article 24 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition),
title "Worcester County, " sub-title "Sheriff, " be and they
are hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments, and
that seven new sections to be known as Sections 294A,
294B, 294C, 294D, 294E, 294F and 294G, be and they are
hereby added to said Article, said new sections to follow
immediately after Section 294 of said Article, and all to
read as follows:

293. The Sheriff elected for Worcester County shall be
required to give bond as required by the general laws of
the State, except that the surety on his bond shall be a
corporation authorized under the laws of the State of Mary-