458 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 260

WHEREAS, Michael H. Cooney, of Howard County, and the
State of Maryland, did, in compliance with Chapter 633, Laws
of Maryland, 1914, pay to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Carroll County, the sum of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars, in the
year 1916, for his license as auctioneer, and the said sum of
twenty-five ($25.00) dollars, less five per centum, was paid
by law to the Board of School Commissioners of Carroll
County; and

WHEREAS, The Court of Appeals did, in an opinion handed
down on February 1st, 1918, declare Chapter 633, Laws of
Maryland, 1914, unconstitutional and void; therefore

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the County Commissioners of Carroll County be
and they are hereby authorized to refund and pay to Michael
H. Cooney the sum of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars, less five
per centum.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1920.

Approved April 16, 1920.

CHAPTER 260.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the Burgess and Commis-
sioners of Walkersville to borrow money and issue serial
coupon bonds for a sum of money not exceeding twenty
thousand dollars ($20,000.00), for the purpose of pro-
viding payment for street improvements, within the cor-
porate limits of Walkersville, as may be found necessary
or desirable, and to repeal and re-enact with amend-
ments Section 15 of Chapter 237 of the Acts of the Gen-
eral Assembly of Maryland, passed at its session in the
year nineteen hundred and fourteen, provided the bond-
ing of such indebtedness and the approximate amount to
be expended therefor and the repeal and re-enactment of
Section 15 of Chapter 237 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland of 1914, shall receive the assent of
the qualified voters of Walkersville before such loan is
contracted and such bonds issued and before said Charter
is amended.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Burgess and Commissioners of Walkersville are