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SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of
this Act shall be construed as additional and supplementary
to, and not in substitution for or in conflict with, any of the
provisions of the general laws of this State relating to Public
Schools, and the powers of the State Superintendent of Schools,
in regard to the plans, construction and erecting of public
school buildings.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of
paying the interest on said bonds, and for redeeming the said
bonds as they mature, the said Board of County Commission-
ers shall, for the year 1929, and annually thereafter, until all
of said bonds issued under the authority of this Act shall ma-
ture and be redeemed, levy a tax upon the assessable property
of said county, sufficient to pay the annual interest on said
bonds outstanding, and to redeem said bonds as they mature
and become due, said taxes to be collected as other taxes levied
in said county, are collected.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That if for any reason
whatsoever, there should be a surplus of funds left in the hands
of said School Building Commission after all expenditures
have been made, in keeping with the terms of this Act, said
surplus shall be paid back to the Board of County Commis-
sioners of Howard County, to be used by them to retire said
bonds.

SEC. 10. 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 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 from the date of its pas-
sage.

Approved April 2, 1929.

CHAPTER 214.

AN ACT to incorporate the Town of Cobb Island, in Charles
County, Maryland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the citizens of the town of Cobb Island, in