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a period of three years and one commissioner for a like period
every three years thereafter.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any and all Acts
of the General Assembly of Maryland or parts of Acts incon-
sistent with this Act are hereby repealed insofar as the same
are inconsistent with this Act.

SEC. 3. 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 from the date of its passage.

Approved April 13th, 1022.

CHAPTER 287.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 26 of
Article 17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(Duckett and Clagett's Edition), title "Prince George's Coun-
ty,'" sub-title '"Bailiffs," relating to the compensation to be
paid to the bailiffs of Prince George's County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 26 of Article 17 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland (Duckett and Clagett's Edition), title
"Prince George's County," sub-title "Bailiffs," be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments to read as
follows:

26. The County Commissioners shall annually levy a sum
of money sufficient to pay the bailiffs of said county three
($3.00) dollars each, per day as compensation for their services,
and a certificate signed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court and
expressing the number of days any bailiff shall have served and
the sum due for such service, shall be sufficient authority to
them to pay the amount therein specified; and the balance, if
any, remaining at the end of the year shall be applied by them
to the use of the county.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1922.

Approved April 13th, 1022