238 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 113

for non-payment, heretofore levied by them in Montgom-
ery County Suburban District for street improvements,
pursuant to the provisions of Section 637 of Article 16 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, 1930 Edition,
or pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 of Chapter 459
of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1931,
or pursuant to the provisions of Section 10-A of Chapter
459 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of
1931, and the time for payment of all such uncollected
special assessments, or any installment thereof, including
those already sold or about to be sold for non-payment, in
so far as the said assessments shall apply to and are a lien
upon any and all unimproved lots, parcels or frontages
thereof, is hereby extended for a period of two years from
the first day of July, 1936; provided, however, that if any
such lots, parcels or frontages shall be improved during
the said period of extension by the erection thereon of
any building of any kind or character the first installment
of said assessments shall become due and payable as of
the next first day of July thereafter, and all of said assess-
ments shall be payable in equal annual installments, not
exceeding ten, from the date of said improvement or from
the first day of July, 1938, as the case may be. In the event
of the failure to pay any one or more of the said install-
ments of special assessments when the same shall become
due, the whole amount of such assessment shall not be-
come immediately due and payable, but each said install-.
ment shall be collected in the manner in which general
taxes due said Montgomery County are now or may here-
after be collected under the provisions of the General and
Local Laws of the State of Maryland. All such special as-
sessments in default, including such assessments withheld
from advertisement and sale by the County Commissioners,
and all acts of the County Commissioners as to the exten-
sions of time for payment thereof, and all acts, advertise-
ments or sales of the County Treasurer of Montgomery
County are hereby ratified and confirmed, and said assess-
ments are declared to be levied upon property against
which they are levied and collectible according to law.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all Acts or
parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed
and the invalidity of one clause or provision of this Act shall
not affect any other clause or provision thereof.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary for