206 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 90

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is here-
by declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate 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 29, 1936.

CHAPTER 90.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
454 of Article 21 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Talbot County, " sub-
title "St. Michaels. "

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 454 of Article 21 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, (1930 Edition), title "Tal-
bot County, " sub-title "St. Michaels, " be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amendments to read as fol-
lows:

SEC. 454. Whenever a tax shall be levied, they shall
appoint a collector of said tax and fix his compensation,
not to exceed fourteen hundred dollars ($1, 400. 00) per an-
num, who, before he acts as such, shall give bond to the said
commissioners, with two good securities, approved by them,
in double the sum to be collected, with condition that if the
above bound do and shall well and faithfully execute the
office of collector of the taxes imposed by the commissioners
on the owners of property in the town of St. Michaels, and
perform the several other duties required of him by law
and the ordinances, orders and directions of said commis-
sioners, and account with the said commissioners, and pay
over the same to the said commissioners, or their order,
within five months from his receipt of the assessment list,
then the above obligation to be void, otherwise to remain
in full force and virtue in law. The Collector of said tax
so appointed shall be the Clerk to said Commissioners, and
shall also be the Clerk and Collector of the St. Michael's
Utilities Commission.