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its discretion, submit said question, and when submitted and
favorably passed upon by the voters as aforesaid, the provisions
of this Act shall become immediately effective.

SEC. 20. And be it further enacted, That all Acts and parts
of Acts, general or local, inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of
such inconsistency, provided that nothing contained herein
shall affect or restrict any control which the State Board of
Health is empowered by law to exercise in any part of this
State.

SEC. 21. 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 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 9, 1924.

CHAPTER 495.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 10 of the Code of
Public Laws of Maryland, title, "Dorchester County, " said
section to be known as Section 185CC, to follow immediately
after Section 1850 of said Article, and to be under sub-title
"Fish. "

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
10 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Dor-
chester County, " sub-title "Fish. "

Sec. 185CC. Any owner of riparian rights on any waters
in Fishing Bay in Dorchester County, lying north of a line
drawn from Roasting Ear Point to Fishing Point, shall by
virtue of such ownership be first entitled to make a choice of
the set or position in front of the property of which he or she
is the owner of the riparian rights therein, for fish net or nets
he or she may desire to there set or place, provided that if
said owners of said riparian rights do not avail themselves of
the privilege of locating the position or positions where they
desire to place or set nets or weirs each year within twenty
days after receiving notice from any other person or persons
who may desire to locate their nets or weirs in front of said