204 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 88

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That 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 elec-
tions, by providing for a Referendum and to provide that
Section 190 of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land, title "Elections, " sub-title "Primary Elections, " 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be repealed in so far as said sections are inconsistent with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effect, " be and it is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1936.

Approved April 29, 1936.

CHAPTER 88.

AN ACT to repeal and reenact, with amendments, section
38 of Article 1A of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "City of Cumberland, "
sub-title "Police and Fire, " providing for a three-platoon
system in the Police Department of the City of Cumber-
land.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 38 of Article 1A of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "City
of Cumberland, " sub-title "Police and Fire, " be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

38. The Police and Fire Commissioner, with the sanc-
tion of the Mayor and City Council, shall have power to
organize the Fire Department of the City of Cumberland
on the basis of a two-platoon system, with the hours of
duty of each of said platoons to be prescribed by the Mayor
and City Council, who shall have the power to prescribe
the rules and regulations for the shifting of said
platoons.

The Police and Fire Commissioner shall organize the
Police Department of said City on the basis of a three-