844 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 286

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of Two
Thousand Dollars of the principal of said bonds shall be paid
on the first day of April, 1925, and the sum of Two Thousand
Dollars on the first day of April of each and every year there-
after up to and including the year 1936, and the sum of One
Thousand Dollars on the first day of April, 1937, at which date
all of the said issue of bonds will have been retired. The said
bonds shall be numbered consecutively from number one (1)
and shall be redeemed and paid in the order in which they are
numbered. There shall be levied annually by The Mayor and
Council of Salisbury upon all property liable to taxation in
the City of Salisbury, at the regular tax levying period, an
amount sufficient to meet and pay the interest on said bonds so
issued and outstanding, and to meet and pay the principal of
said bonds as they shall become due, from time to time, which
tax shall be levied and collected as other City taxes now are,
or may be hereafter by law levied and collected, and have the
same priority rights, bear the same interest and penalties, and
in every respect be treated the same as other City taxes now
are. Said amount so levied and collected shall be kept in a
separate fund to be used for the payment of said interest and
principal, and for no other purpose whatsoever.

SEC. 4. 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 286.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article LXV of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (Bagby's Edition), title, "Militia, " as
enacted by Chapter 490 of the Acts of 1922, said new section
to be known as Section 11-A, to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 11 of said Article, authorizing and directing the Bank-
ing Line Officer of the Maryland National Guard to take out,
pay for and maintain a policy or policies of insurance under
the Workmen's Compensation Law to secure compensation
to officers and enlisted men of the organized militia of the
State of Maryland.