4 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 2

SEC. 2. 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 safety, and being passed upon
a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all members
elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly,
the same shall take effect immediately from the date of its
passage.

Approved February 15th, 1918.

CHAPTER 2,

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections 158,
159 and 192 of Article 22 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland, title "Washington County, " sub-title "Hagers-
town, " as the same were repealed and re-enacted by Chapter
115 of the Acts of Assembly, 1894, by Chapter 19 of the
Acts of Assembly of 1916 and by Chapter 367 of the Acts
of Assembly 1904, as amended by Chapter 554 of the Acts
of Assembly 1914.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 158, 159 and 192 of Article 22 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Washington
County, " sub-title "Hagerstown, " as the same were repealed
and re-enacted by Chapter 115 of the Acts of Assembly of
1894, by Chapter 19 of the Acts of Assembly 1916 and by
Chapter 367 of the Acts of Assembly 1894 as amended by
Chapter 554 of the Acts of Assembly 1914, be, and the same
are hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to
read as follows:

Section 158. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the Mayor, by virtue of his office, shall preside
at all meetings of the council and in case of a tie, except in the
passage of ordinances, shall have the deciding vote; he shall
see that the ordinances of the town are faithfully executed, and
shall report to the council at its first meeting after each annual
meeting, the condition of municipal affairs; he shall have the
power of vetoing any ordinance, as hereinafter provided in
Section 174; and for his services he shall receive an annual
salary of eight hundred dollars, and no other fee or compensa-
tion whatever.