LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 678

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That if any freight line
company fails or refuses to pay said tax within thirty days
after a demand therefor shall have been made by the State
Treasurer he shall thereupon add to the tax due a penalty of
ten per cent, thereon for each subsequent month in. which the
tax remains unpaid; and if such taxes are not paid within sixty
days after a demand therefor by the State Treasurer he shall
distrain sufficient goods and chattels belonging to such com-
pany charged with such taxes to be found within the State of
Maryland sufficient to pay the same together with the penalty
accrued thereon. The State Treasurer shall immediately pro-
ceed to advertise in two newspapers printed in the City of Bal-
timore stating the time and place where the property will be
sold, and if the taxes for which such property is distrained
and the penalties accruing thereon are not paid before the time
appointed for such sale, which shall not be less than ten days
after the taking of such property, the State Treasurer or his
deputy shall proceed to sell such property at such public ven-
due or so much thereof as will be sufficient to pay such taxes
and penalties and the costs of such distress and sale.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the first day of June, 1916.

Approved April 18th, 1916.

CHAPTER 677.
(Vetoed. )

CHAPTER 678.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 116
of Article I of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Alle-
gany County, " sub-title, "Cumberland, " as enacted by the
Acts of 1910, Chapter 306, providing for Police and Fire
Departments and the appointment of Civil Service Com-
missioners and examinations for the Police and Fire De-
partments in the city of Cumberland, and to define the
qualifications, powers and duties of said Commissioners.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 116, of Article 1 of the Code of Pub-
lic Local Laws of Maryland, title "Allegany County, " sub-