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the president of the said County Commissioners and the
Treasurer of Harford County, with the seal of the said
County affixed thereto, in such denomination or denomina-
tions, payable at such place and at such date or dates, not
later than December 31st, 1945, as the said County
Commissioners shall by resolution provide. The said notes
shall bear interest at such rate or rates, not exceeding 4%
per annum, as shall be provided by resolution of the County
Commissioners, such interest to be evidenced by semi-an-
nual coupons attached to the said notes and bearing the
facsimile signature of the Treasurer of Harford County.
Said County Commissioners are authorized to borrow
under the provisions of this Act, by selling the negotiable
promissory notes herein authorized, with coupons attached,
at a discount less than the principal amount thereof, pro-
vided that the coupon interest, together with any such dis-
count, shall not exceed 4% per annum on the principal
of said loan. The said loan and every part thereof and
every note, coupon or other evidence thereof, and the in-
terest payable thereon, shall be and remain exempt from
State, County and Municipal taxation.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
and being 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 29, 1936.

CHAPTER 87.

AN ACT to repeal Chapter 543 of the Acts of 1935 entitled
"An Act to grant Worcester County Home Rule as to
the holding of any party conventions in lieu of primary
elections, by providing for a Referendum and to provide
that Section 190 of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, title "Elections, " sub-title "Primary Elec-
tions, " shall be repealed in so far as said sections are
inconsistent with the terms of this Act; and to provide
for the time when and the conditions under which such
repeal shall take effect. "