892 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 404

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners
of Millington shall create an annual sinking fund beginning
with the year 1922 for the payment of interest and for the re-
demption of said bonds, and if said sinking fund cannot be
made sufficient under the present authorized levy or any future
authorized levy to pay the interest on said bonds and the one-
twentieth part of said bonded debt as it matures, the said Com-
missioners of Millington are hereby authorized to levy and col-
lect annually a tax upon the taxable property in the town of
Millington for a sum sufficient to provide for the payment of
any such deficiency of interest on said bonds as they mature.

and for any deficiency on the one-twentieth part of the prin-
cipal of said bonded debt as the said bonds mature.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said sum of ten
thousand ($10,000) dollars or so much as may be necessary
thereof for the purpose, shall, by the Commissioners of Mil-
lington be used and applied in the purchasing of fire equip-
ment for said town of Millington, and if any part of the pro-
ceeds of the sale of said bonds be left over after the purchase
of said fire equipment, the same shall be turned over to the
Treasurer of said town to be credited to the sinking fund here-
inbefore provided for.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared an emergency law, necessary for the immediate pre-
servation of 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 of Mary-
land, the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 13th, 1922.

CHAPTER 404.

AN ACT authorizing and empowering the County Commission-
ers of Montgomery County to put in good repair and recon-
struct the highway known as the Potomac Pike beginning at
the conduit road on said pike for a distance of about five
miles to a point at Perry's Cross Roads where said road in-
tersects with the Potomac and Rockville Pike and to borrow
money on the credit of the county in a sum not exceeding

twenty-five thousand dollars and to issue bonds therefor or
so much thereof as may be necessary for said purpose and