1432 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 570

loan and to create a Sinking Fund for the retirement of said
bonds in equal installments within a period of thirty (30)
years from the date of issue, either from the profits of the said
Municipal Electric Light and Power Plant or out of the tax
receipts that shall be levied and collected by the said City, as
in their judgment shall be most advantageous to said City's
interest from time to time.

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all Acts or parts of
Acts inconsistent with this Act, and all provisions of the City
Charter of the City of Havre de Grace, State of Maryland, in-
consistent with this Act, are hereby repealed and set aside only
to the extent by which said Act or Acts or provisions of the
said City Charter of the City of Havre de Grace, aforesaid,
shall invalidate this Act, but to all other intents and purposes
said Act or Acts or provisions of the City Charter inconsistent
with this Act are not repealed or set aside, but shall have the
same force and effect hereafter as heretofore. Provided, how-
ever, that nothing in this Act is intended to affect, or shall be
construed to affect, in any of its phases, the existing contro-
versy between the Havre de Grace Water Company and the
Mayor and City Council of Havre de Grace.

Approved April 9, 1924.

CHAPTER 570.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 12 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Garrett County, "
sub-title "County Commissioners, " to be known as Section
37A and to follow immediately after Section 37 of said
Article, requiring all real property to be transferred on the
county assessment books before deeds are received for re-

cording.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
12 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Gar-
rett County, " sub-title "County Commissioners, " to be known
as Section 37A, to follow immediately after Section 37 of said
Article, and to read as follows:

37A. Before any deed for the conveyance of real estate in
Garrett County shall be received for record by the Clerk of the
Circuit Court thereof, the person offering said deed for record
shall submit the same to the Clerk to the County Commissioners