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tion, police protection and for lights upon the streets and high-
ways of the said town; to borrow money on the notes of the
said town, provided that the aggregate amount of any out-
standing notes shall at no time exceed the sum of Five Hundred
Dollars; to provide for the paving of sidewalks in the said
town and to assess and tax the costs or expenses thereof, in
whole or in part, upon the respective owners of the property
fronting thereon j to enforce sanitary observances and the
removal of filth and to pass all ordinances necessary for the
preservation of the town and the removal of nuisances there-
from, and to cause the drains and water courses of the said
town to be kept open and in repair.

SEC. 19. And be it further enacted. That this Act is an
emergency law and necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public health and safety, and having been passed by 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 upon the date of its passage.

Approved April 1, 1927.

CHAPTER 279.

AN ACT to authorize the Police Commissioner of Baltimore
to reinstate John O. Seiland as a member of the Baltimore
Police Department.

(Vetoed. )

CHAPTER 280.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 15 of the Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "Kent County, " to be under
sub-title "Schools, " to be known as Section 198-A and to
follow immediately after Section 198 of said Article, pro-
viding for transportation for high school children.

(Vetoed. )