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as the voters and shall be bona fide owners of real estate
situated within the corporate limits of said town. The bur-
gess and assistant burgess shall be elected for the period of
one (1) year, and their successor shall be elected on the first
Monday in May of each and every year thereafter. Two of
said commissioners elected in said year 1929 shall be elected
for the period of one (1) year and their successors shall be
elected, on the first Monday in May of each and every even
year thereafter, for the period of two (2) years. Three of
said commissioners elected in said year of 1929 shall be
elected for the period of two (2) years and their successors
shall be elected on the first Monday in May of each and every
odd year thereafter.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the immedi-
ate preservation of the public health and safety, and having
been passed upon 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 passage.

Approved April 11, 1929.

CHAPTER 216.

AN ACT to add four new sections to Article 15 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1888 Edition), title
"Kent County, " sub-title "Roads, " said new sections to be
known as Sections 186A to 186D, inclusive, to follow im-
mediately after Section 186 of said Article, and to provide
employment for persons committed to the County Jail in
Kent County for failure to pay fines.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That four new sections be and they are hereby
added to Article 15 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land (1888 Edition), title "Kent County, " sub-title "Roads, "
said new sections to be known as Sections 186A to 186D, in-
clusive, to follow immediately after Section 186 of said Arti-
cle, and to read as follows: