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be filled by promotion as far as is consistent with the best
interests of the classified service, in the judgment of the
Commissioner.

The Commissioner shall control all examinations and may
designate as special examiners any officers or employees
of this State or any other person not in the service of this
State to conduct and hold such examinations as the Com-
missioner may direct and to make return and report there-
of to him. The Commissioner shall have power to review
the findings in all such reports, and may order new exami-
nations, if he deems such action desirable. The Commis-
sioner may at any time substitute any other person in the
place of any person so designated and may himself conduct
such examinations without designating special examiners,

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary to
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
and being passed upon by 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 May 13, 1936.

CHAPTER 17.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the County Commis-
sioners of Allegany County to borrow upon the faith
and credit of said County during each of the years 1936,
1937, 1938, 1939 and 1940 to an amount not to exceed
Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60, 000. 00) during each of
said years and to issue and sell bonds therefor, the pro-
ceeds to be used for the purpose of annually making up
any deficiency in the funds turned over to the said
County Commissioners of Allegany County by the State
Roads Commission of Maryland for the purpose of re-
tiring an issue of bonds known as "Allegany County
Roads Bonds, Issue of 1931, ^ authorized and issued un-
der the provisions of Chapter 105 of the Acts of the Gen-
eral Assembly, Session of 1931, and the payment of the
interest thereon; to provide for an annual levy on the
assessable property of Allegany County, to pay the in-
terest and principal on said bonds when due, and to pro-