1350 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 556

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, 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 General Assembly, the
same shall take effect upon the date of its passage.

Approved April 11, 1929.

CHAPTER 556.

AN ACT to add sixteen new sections to the Charter of the
town of North Brentwood, Prince George's County, Mary-
land, as enacted by Chapter 508 of the Acts of 1924, said new
sections to be known as Sections 24-39, inclusive, to follow
immediately after Section 23 of said Charter and to deal with
levies of taxes on realty in said town and the means of en-
forcing such levies.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That 16 new sections be and they are hereby added
to the Charter of the town of North Brentwood, Prince George's
County, Maryland, as enacted by Chapter 508 of the Acts of
1924, said new sections to be known as Sections 24-39, inclu-
sive, to follow immediately after Section 23 of said Article,
and to read as follows:

24. All taxes levied by the Mayor and City Council of North
Brentwood on real estate and franchises to use the streets shall
be due on the first day of July next succeeding their levy and
shall bear interest from that date. On such as remain unpaid
after the first day of November following, there shall accrue,
in addition to said interest, a penalty of one-half of one per
cent for each whole month that may elapse thereafter, until
paid, or a sale for default shall have been finally ratified by
the Court. All special assessments made by the said Mayor
and City Council shall bear the same rate of interest, as is
now prescribed by law, upon all unpaid installments for a
period of two years from the respective dates of such assess-
ments, and thereafter, in addition to such interest, there shall
accrue a penalty of one-half of one per cent for each whole