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by the building inspector hereinafter provided for, and to direct
the taking down of the same without delay.

SEC. 2. All laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this Act are hereby repealed so far as the same affect
the provisions of the Act; provided, however, that nothing
herein contained shall affect any of the ordinances, resolutions
or proceedings of the Mayor and Council of Easton now in
force save in so far as the same may be in conflict with the
provisions of this Act.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and safety, and the same 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, shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 11, 1927.

CHAPTER 19.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 41 of
Article 21 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland,
title "Talbot County, " sub-title "Easton, " as said section was
enacted by 'Chapter 458 of the Acts of 1906, relating to the
conditions for the purchase and sale of municipal property
and for the disposal or lease of any municipal utility.

SECTION 1: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 41 of Article 21 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "Talbot County, '' sub-title
''Easton, " as said section was enacted by Chapter 458 of the
Acts of 1906, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments to read as follows:

41. The inhabitants of the town of Easton, in Talbot County,
are now and shall hereafter be a body corporate, under the
name and title of "the Mayor and Council of Easton, " with all
the rights, franchises, powers, privileges and prerogatives which,
at the time of this enactment, they, as a body corporate, have,
hold and possess, under the name and title of " Mayor and Coun-
cil of Easton; " and as well, all the rights, franchises, powers and
privileges and prerogatives which, are 'given under this enact-
ment, and that may hereafter be given, acquired or received
thereby, subject, however, to the limitations hereinafter in this