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money so borrowed to be repaid as the money due on the
pledged liens is collected.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That any and all Acts of
Assembly, or parts of Acts, inconsistent with this Act are here-
by repealed in so far as the same are inconsistent with this Act.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That this is an emer-
gency law necessary for the health and safety of the citizens of
Cumberland, and three-fifths of the members of the General
Assembly concurring therein, shall take effect from the date
of its passage.

Approved April 26, 1927.

CHAPTER 707.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments, Section
141-A of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
titled "Licenses," sub-title "Motor Vehicles," as the same
was enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland as Chap-
ter 412 of the Acts of 1924.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 141-A of Article 56 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, titled ''Licenses," sub-title "Motor Vehi-
cles," as the same was enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland as Chapter 412 of the Acts of 1924, be and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enacted to read as follows:

141-A. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles is hereby au-
thorized and directed to refuse to issue or transfer any plate
or marker, certificate of registration or title for any motor
vehicle unless all taxes due and in arrears on the motor vehicle
described in the certificate of registration or title so to be issued
or transferred have been paid provided each such motor vehicle
is separately assessed apart from the assessment on any other
motor vehicle or kind or class of assessable property and pro-
vided the tax to be levied on such motor vehicle is permitted
except in Baltimore City to be paid separate and apart from
the payment of all other taxes. And it shall be mandatory
upon the County Commissioners to provide for separate assess-