396 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 137

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted. That the Mayor and
City Council of Laurel be and it is hereby authorized and
empowered to do all acts and things necessary to issue and
sell said bonds, to have the same registered if necessary, and
to do all things necessary to carry out the purposes of this
Act, even though the same may not be specifically mentioned
herein or in the Charter of the town of Laurel or in any other
Act relating to the said town.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety, and being
passed upon a nay and yea vote supported by three-fifths of
all the members elected to each of the two houses of the Gen-
eral Assembly, and the same shall take effect from the date
of its passage.

Approved April 2, 1929.

CHAPTER 137.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the town of Cottage City,
in Prince George's County, Maryland, a municipal corpora-
tion, and the Cottage City Commission, with the approval
of the qualified voters thereof, to construct roadways, alleys,
curbs, sidewalks and gutters in said town; to borrow on
the credit of the town a sum or sums of money which shall
not at any time exceed the total sum of ten per centum
of the assessed valuation of all real and personal property
in the town appearing on the assessment books of Prince
George's County, State of Maryland, and to issue bonds or
certificates of indebtedness therefor; to provide for the
liquidation of same and the interest thereon by an annual
front foot assessment on the abutting real property in said
town where such streets, curbs, sidewalks and gutters are
constructed; and to make the principal and interest of said
bonds or certificates of indebtedness the direct obligation
of said town.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the town of Cottage City, in Prince George's
County, Maryland, a municipal corporation, and the Cottage