ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 7

payment of the principal thereof at maturity, and all other
things that may be necessary and proper in the procuring of
the loan, and the issuance and payment of said bonds.

SEC. 7. 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 safety, and being passed upon
a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths (3/5) 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 February 13, 1929.

CHAPTER 3.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
115 of Article 23, of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland, title "Wicomico County, " sub-title "Roads, " as
said section was amended by Chapter 402 of the Acts of
1922, relating to the salary of the County Road Engineer.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 115 of Article 23, of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Wicomico County, "
sub-title "Roads, " as said section was amended by Chapter
402 of the Acts of 1922, be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments, to read as follows:

115. The County Commissioners of Wicomico County
shall, on or before the first Tuesday of June succeeding the
passage of this Act, as hereinafter provided for, appoint some
competent person who shall have a sufficient knowledge of
civil engineering and road construction to enable him to accu-
rately make surveys, plats, profiles and specifications for the
grading, draining, maintenance, repairs and reconstruction of
public roads of the said county; and also to do the necessary
engineering work for the building or rebuilding of bridges;
and who shall have had at least two years' experience in road
engineering work, to be known as "County Road Engineer for
Wicomico County, " at an annual salary to be fixed by the
County Commissioners of Wicomico County, payable monthly,