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thereof, and the offender shall, upon conviction, be subject to a
fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or thirty days in the
County jail, or both, in the discretion of the Court. Where
such act or omission is of a continuous nature, and is persisted
in, in violation of the provisions of this Act, or any rule or
regulation formulated thereunder, a conviction for one offense
shall not be a bar to a conviction for a continuation of such
offense subsequent to the first or any succeeding conviction.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That said Commission-
ers of Delmar, Maryland, shall provide, in their study, design,
maintenance and operation of their said systems and disposal
plant or treatment works, for the reception of sewage and drain-
age from the town of Delmar, Delaware, and they are expressly
authorized and empowered to enter into contracts and agree-
ments with the proper authorities of Delmar, Delaware, for
such reception, disposal or treatment of its sewage and drain-
age; provided that any and all costs for the said study, design,,
maintenance and operation incurred by the town of Delmar,,
Maryland, for the town of Delmar, Delaware, shall be paid by
the town of Delmar, Delaware, to the town of Delmar, Mary-
land, the construction costs to be paid in a lump sum at the
time any connection is made to the Maryland town's systems
by the Delaware town, and such lump sum shall include inter-
est at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum from the time of ex-
penditure for such construction by the Maryland town, to the
time when said lump sum is paid by the Delaware town. The
proportionate maintenance and operation costs shall be paid
annually by the Delaware town to the Maryland town.

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts
of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be and the
same are hereby repealed to the extent of their inconsistency,
provided that nothing herein contained shall be taken as af-
fecting 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 cor-
porate limits of the town of Delmar.

SEC. 15. 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 As-
sembly, the same shall take. effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 11, 1927.