222 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 102

the immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
and having been passed upon by a yea and nay vote, sup-
ported 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 8, 1936.

CHAPTER 102.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments, Section
184B of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1935 Supplement), title "Licenses, " sub-title "Motor
Vehicles, " sub-heading "Fees for Registration of Motor
Vehicles, " authorizing and directing the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles to refuse any marker, certificate of
registration or title for any motor vehicle owned in the
town of Galena, unless taxes in arrears thereon have been
paid.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 184B of Article 56 of the Annotat-
ed Code of Maryland (1935 Supplement), title "Licenses, "
sub-title "Motor Vehicles, " sub-heading "Fees for Registra-
tion of Motor Vehicles, " be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:

184B. In addition to the provisions contained in Sec-
tion 183, with reference to the requirement of the pay-
ment of State and County taxes on motor vehicles, the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles is hereby authorized and
directed to refuse to issue or transfer any plate or marker,
certificate of registration or title, for any motor vehicles
owned by a resident of the City of Hagerstown, Betterton,
Chestertown, Rock Hall, Oakland, Brunswick, City of Fred-
erick, Emmitsburg, Cambridge, East New Market, Galena,
Easton, Oxford or St. Michaels, unless he is satisfied that all
municipal taxes due and in arrears on the motor vehicle
described in the certificate of registration or title so to be
issued or transferred, have been paid, provided each motor
vehicle is separately assessed apart from the assessment
on any other motor vehicle or class of assessable property,
and provided the tax to be levied on such motor vehicle is
permitted to be paid separate and apart from the payment