ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 651

SECTION 1. Therefore be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown is
hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey in fee
simple with a general warranty deed any and all real estate
which it acquired by and through the agency of the Sewerage
Commission of Hagerstown not needed for sewerage and drain-
age purposes for said City in the opinion of the Mayor and
Council, more particularly certain portions of that real estate
which was conveyed to the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown
by two deeds, one from John Eldridge and wife, dated March
24th, 1917 and recorded in Liber 150, folio 751 and the other
from Jacob Roessner, said deed being dated March 31st, 1917,
and recorded in Liber 150, folio 750, both of said deeds being of
the land records of Washington County.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That recitals in any deed
conveying any of the real estate mentioned in the preceding
section of this Act, that such real estate was acquired by the
Mayor and Council of Hagerstown by and through the agency
of the Sewerage Commission of Hagerstown for sewerage and
drainage purposes and that the land so sold and conveyed is
not needed for sewerage and drainage purposes shall be con-
clusive evidence that the said real estate so acquired at the time
of such acquisition was necessary for sewerage and drainage
purposes, and that the same is no longer needed for such pur-
poses.

SECTION 3. Be it further enacted, That all deeds heretofore
executed by the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown conveying
any and all portions of the two tracts of land mentioned in
Section 1 of this act to any and all purchasers thereof be, and
the same are hereby ratified and confirmed to said purchasers,
and that the money arising from the sale of any of the said
real estate shall be paid to the Tax Collector of Hagerstown,
shall be deposited by him to the "New Sewerage System and
Disposal Plant Bonds and Interest Account, " and paid out by
him only on the warrant signed by the Mayor and indorsed
by the Clerk of the Mayor and Council for the retirement of
Sewerage Bonds and the payment of the interest thereon when
due and payable.

SECTION 4. 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 having been passed upon a yea and nay vote supported
by three fifths of all the member elect to each of the two Houses
of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date
of its passage.

Approved April 5, 1927.