246 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 139

fixing the estimates, do so with a view to economy and
efficiency; but this shall not confer authority on them to
change or alter items of salaries or other obligations, the
amounts of which are fixed by law.

SECTION 152K. And be it further enacted, That any wil-
ful disregard, breach, evasion, violation or failure to dis-
charge any of the duties herein imposed upon any member of
the Board of County Commissioners, or Board of Estimates,
or on the part of the members or member of any other Board,
or by or upon the part of any official, shall be a misdemeanor,
and upon indictment for and conviction of such offense in the
Circuit Court for Frederick County, he shall be fined not more
than one thousand dollars or imprisoned in the county jail
for not more than one year, or be both fined and imprisoned,
in the discretion of the Court.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That all Acts here-
tofore passed and which are inconsistent with the provisions
hereof are hereby repealed so far as they conflict with the
provisions hereof.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted. That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law 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
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 March 26, 1920.

CHAPTER 139.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the Mayor and City Coun-
cil of Laurel to borrow five thousand dollars and issue its
bonds therefore for the purpose of improving Main street
in its entire length.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That the Mayor and City Council of Laurel be, and

they are hereby, authorized and empowered to borrow on the

credit of the said town of Laurel and issue its coupon bonds

therefor the sum of five thousand dollars, for the purpose of