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used for fishing the same, and shall also for each offense pay a
fine of fifty ($50. ) dollars.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of
laws of the State of Maryland, general or local, inconsistent
with the provisions of this Act, be and the same are hereby
repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

Approved April 26, 1927.

CHAPTER 575.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments, Section 3
of Chapter 171 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland of the year 1908, entitled "An Act to incorporate
the Town of Rock Hall, in Kent County. "

SECTION 1. Be. it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 3 of Chap-ter 171 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland of the year 1908, entitled, "An Act
to incorporate the Town of Rock Hall, in Kent County, "be
and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with Amend
ments so as to read, as follows:

SEC. 3. That the legal voters of Rock Hall who have resided
within the corporate limits six months preceding an election,
and who are assessed for taxes on real or personal property to
the amount of one hundred dollars or more, and all persons
who own and are assessed for taxes or any interest in real
or personal estate in said Town to the value of one hundred
dollars or over, of the age of twenety-one years and upwards,
shall elect by ballot, on the first Saturday of May of each year,
commencing the first Saturday of May, 1908, three councilmen
of the said town of Rock Hall, all of whom shall be qualified
voters of said town, and above twenty-one years of age, and
each of whom shall receive a salary of one hundred dollars per
annum payable in equal instalments semi-annually. A majority
of said councilmen shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business. The Councilmen shall meet on the third Saturday
in May of each year, or as soon after said date as possible, and
take the oath of office to support and maintain the Constitu-
tion and laws of the State of Maryland, and to perform the
duties of their offices as Councilmen of Rock Hall to the best
of their ability, without fear, favor, affection or partiality.
They shall choose one of their number as their president, who
shall also act as Mayor and executive officer of the said town
of Rock Hall. The said Councilmen shall also choose, not