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prosecuted before a Justice of the Peace or by indictment and
upon conviction, the offender shall be subject to a fine not
exceeding $100 or thirty days in the county jail, or both, in the
discretion of the Court or Justice. Where such act or omis-
sion is of a continuing nature and is persisted in, in violation
of the provisions of this Act or any rule or regulation formu-
lated thereunder, a conviction for one offense shall not be a
bar to a conviction for a continuation of such offense, subse-
quent to the first or any succeeding conviction.

SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That the next regular
election of the Town Commisisoners of the town of Bel Air
there shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the town the
question whether a sewerage system and sewage disposal plant
shall be constructed, and at such election the ballots cast upon
such question shall have the words "For Sewerage System, "
and "Against Sewerage System, " thereon, and if a majority
of the votes cast upon such question shall be "For Sewerage
System, " then the Town Commissioners or a majority of them
shall proceed to execute the powers vested in them by this Act,
but if a majority of the votes shall be "Against Sewerage
System, " then this Act shall be in abeyance and the same ques-
tion may be voted upon in the same manner at any succeeding
municipal election at which said Commissioners of Bel Air,
may, in their discretion submit it, and when submitted and
favorably passed upon by the voters as aforesaid, the provisions
of this Act shall become immediately effective.

SEC. 19. And be it further enacted., That all acts and
parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be,
an, d the same are hereby repealed to the extent of their in-
consistency, provided that nothing herein contained shall be
taken as repealing any part of Chapter 810 of the Acts of
the Maryland Legislature of 1914, nor as restricting any
control which the State Board of Health is empowered to,
exercise within the limits of Harford County.

SEC. 20. 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 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
Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of its
passage.

Approved April 1, 1927.