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(X) opposite the words "Against Improvements. " If at such
election a greater number of persons shall vote "For Improve-
ments" than shall vote "Against Improvements, " then the pro-
visions of the foregoing sections shall become operative.

SEC. 6. This Act is hereby declared to be an emergency
law and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
safety, and being passed upon a "yea" and "nay" vote, sup-
ported by three-fifths of all 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 5, 1927.

CHAPTER 544.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 10,
Chapter 154, of the Laws of Maryland, 1924, entitled "An
Act to incorporate the Town of Edmonston, in Prince
George's County, Maryland, and to provide for the submis-
sion of this question to the qualified voters of said town for
their adoption or rejection. "

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 10, Chapter 154, of the Laws of Mary-
land, 1924, be, and the same is hereby repealed, and re-enacted
with amendments so as to read as follows:

Section 10. And be it further enacted, That the Justices
of the Peace for Prince George's County, resident in the town,
if any, are hereby declared to be conservators of the peace of
the town; and it shall be their duty to order the arrest of any
person found by them breaking the peace or disturbing the
quiet and order of the town, or violating any of the ordinances
made by the Mayor and Town Council, and upon complaint
made before them of the violation of any ordinance of said
town, shall issue process in the name of the Mayor and Town
Council, to recover the fine or penalty imposed for the viola-
tion of such ordinance against the party offending and may
hear and determine the matter as any case arising under the
laws of this State, and shall receive the same fees allowed
Justices of the Peace in similar cases.