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provisions of this Act are hereby authorized and empowered
to acquire either by purchase or condemnation any land in
their opinion suitable for school sites, and provided further
that in the event that said Board of County Commissioners
is unable to agree with the owner or owners of any land
deemed by them necessary to carry out the provisions of this
Act, the Board of County Commissioners is hereby author-
ized and empowered to proceed to condemn said land for the
purpose of this Act in accordance with the laws of the State
of Maryland relating to condemnation.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the im-
mediate preservation of the public health and safety, and being
passed upon a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths
of all of 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 5, 1927.

CHAPTER 502,

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 51
of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1924
Edition), title "Health, " sub-title "Miscellaneous Provi-
sions, " eliminating the exception of Prince George's County
contained in said section, relating to county health officers.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 51 of Article 43 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Health, " sub-title
"Miscellaneous Provisions, " be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments to read as follows.

51. The local board of health of each county may, when-
ever they shall deem it necessary or desirable, require that any
qualified physician appointed by such board as county health
officer shall be trained in sanitary science, public health and
hygiene and shall not, so long as he shall hold that office, en-
gage in any other occupation which would conflict with the
performance of his duties as health officer. He shall have all