116 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 25

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 December 15, 1933.

CHAPTER 25.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sec-
tions 1, 2 and 3 of Chapter 153 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland at its regular 1933 ses-
sion so as to authorize and empower every county, mu-
nicipal or public corporation, special district and/or
political sub-division of the State of Maryland, except
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, which has
heretofore been authorized by any law or laws of this
State to secure any indebtedness redeemable from the
proceeds of any general or special tax or other levy and
which said indebtedness is evidenced by notes or coupon
bonds maturing before June 1, 1935, to borrow upon its
faith and credit, sums to pay said indebtedness and/or
to re-finance said indebtedness in the event the same
shall have been paid from its general revenues not levied
for or dedicated to the payment of said indebtedness,
and to issue and sell notes or bonds therefor, and pro-
viding for the payment of said notes or bonds and the
interest thereon out of its general funds by general tax
levy on all taxable property within its corporate limits.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 1, 2, and 3 of Chapter 153 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland at its regular
Session of 1933 be and the same are hereby repealed and
re-enacted to read as follows:

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That each county in the State of Maryland, and
each and every other municipal or public corporation, spe-
cial district and/or political sub-division of this State, ex-
cept the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, be and they
hereby are authorized and empowered to borrow on the
faith and credit of said County or upon the faith and credit
of such municipal or public corporation, special district