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provided that nothing herein contained shall be taken as affect-
ing Chapter 810 of the Acts of the Maryland Legislature of
1914, nor as restricting any control which the State Board of

Health of Maryland is empowered to exercise within the corpo-
rate limits of the town of Leonardtown.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That at the next reg-
ular election of the Commissioners of Leonardtown there shall
be submitted to the qualified voters of the town of Leonard-
town the question whether bonds shall be issued for said water
supply system in Leonardtown, and at such election the bal-
lots cast upon such question shall have the words "For Bond
Issue for Water Supply System, " and "Against Bond Issue
for Water Supply System, " thereon, and if a majority of the
votes cast upon said question shall be "For Bond Issue for
Water Supply System, " then the Commissioners of Leonard-
town., or a majority of them, shall proceed to execute the power
vested in them by this Act, but if a majority of the votes cast
shall be "Against Bond Issue for Water Supply System, " then
this Act shall be of no effect.

SEC. 14. 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 health and safety; and having
been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths
of all of 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 602.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 381A
of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(Revised Edition of 1915), title "City of Baltimore, " sub-
title "Courts, " as said section was enacted by Chapter 120
of the Acts of 1920, increasing the amount authorized to
be expended for medical examinations, etc., in connection
with prosecutions and trials in the Criminal Court of Balti-
more City and making certain pro-visions in regard to the
expenditure of the same.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 381A of Article 4 of the Code of Public