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poses herein specified, to or upon the order of the person or
persons entitled to receive the same.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety and
having been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-
fifths of all 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 November 7, 1945.

CHAPTER 5.

(Senate Bill 5)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 56A
of Article 1A of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1930 Edition), title uCity of Cumberland", sub-title
"Taxes", as said section was amended by Chapter 454 of
the Acts of 1945, relating to the special tax to be levied upon
taxable property in Cumberland and the bonus for certain
employees of the City of Cumberland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
'land, That Section 56A of Article 1A of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "City of Cumber-
land", sub-title "Taxes", as said section was amended by Chap-
ter 454 of the Acts of 1945, be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

56A. In addition to the taxes authorized by Section 55 of
this Article, as amended by Chapter 42 of the Acts of 1933,
the Mayor and City Council of Cumberland is hereby author-
ized and directed to levy a special tax for each fiscal year
beginning April 1, 1945, and continuing until June 1, 1947,
said special tax not to exceed the sum of fifteen ($.15) cents
on each One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars worth of assessable
property within the limits of the City of Cumberland, and
shall expend the proceeds derived from the levy and collection
of said special tax, first, to the payment of wages and salaries
of all general eity employees with the exception of casual or
temporary employees, in an amount equal to twenty (20%)
per cent, of the sum. of money paid said employees either on
an hourly or monthly basis as of March 31, 1943, and, second,