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736-A. Female citizens of the town of Thurmont, of the
age of twenty-one years and upwards, being citizens of the
United States, who shall have resided in said town for and
during the period of six months preceding, shall be qualified
to vote in town elections the same as the male citizens of the
said town.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the im-
mediate preservation of the public safety, and being passed
upon a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of all 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 13th, 1922.

CHAPTER 184.

AN ACT to repeal Sections 267, 268, 269, 270, 271 and 272
of Article 10 of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Dor-
chester County, " sub-title "Roads, " as enacted by Chapter
514 of the Acts of Assembly of 1912, and to re-enact Sec-
tions 267, 268, 269, 271 and 272 with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 267, 268, 269, 270, 271 and 272 of Article
10 of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Dorchester Coun-
ty, " sub-title "Roads, " as the same was enacted by Chapter
514 of the Acts of Assembly of 1912, be and the same are
hereby repealed and Sections 267, 268, 269, 271 and 272 re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 267. The County Commissioners for Dorchester
County are authorized and empowered to control and regulate
the public roads and bridges in said county, subject to the pro-
visions of this Act, and to levy such amount annually, as may
be necessary for the repair of old roads and bridges and for
the construction of new roads and bridges, provided that such
amount so levied shall not be less than twenty cents on the

hundred dollars.

Section 268. The County Commissioners for Dorchester
County shall have the right to dig, dredge or take sand and
gravel from any of the navigable rivers, creeks or branches of