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but if a majority of said voters shall vote against said Act,
then said Act shall be null and void and of no effect whatso-
ever.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary for
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 of 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 123.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
156 of Article 8 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), as said Section was amended
by Chapter 128 of the Acts of 1935, relating to the pay-
ment of taxes and the duties of the County Treasurer of
Cecil County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 156 of Article 8 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), as said
Section was amended by Chapter 128 of the Acts of 1935,
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend-
ments to read as follows:

156. On and after the first day of October in each and
every year taxes shall be deemed in arrears, and upon all
taxes remaining unpaid after that date interest shall be
charged and collected from the said first day of October
until said taxes are paid, and immediately after the first
day of October the Treasurer shall cause notice to be given
to each delinquent, showing the amount of his assessment,
the taxes due thereon, and the charges that have been
added, and warning said delinquent that unless settlement
in full be made before the first day of April ensuing the
property so assessed and taxed will be levied on,
advertised and sold according to the provisions of the Code
of Public General Laws. He shall also, immediately after
the levy is made, make out the bill of each taxpayer and