6 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 3

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary for
the preservation of the public safety, and being passed on
a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of all the
members elected to the two houses of the General Assembly
of Maryland, the same shall take effect from the date of its
passage.

Approved January 31, 1935.

CHAPTER 3.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
5, Chapter 394 of the Acts of 1931, as said section was
amended by Chapter 506 of the Acts of 1933, relating to
the levying of taxes upon the taxable property in the spe-
cial taxing district in the First Election District of How-
ard County and if necessary upon all the taxable property
of the county for the payment of the interest and for the
retirement of the water bonds authorized by said Acts,
also for annual rental for fire hydrants and providing
that the moneys received from the sale of said bonds and
taxes shall be kept in a special account.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 5 of Chapter 394 of the Acts of
1931, as said section was amended by Chapter 506 of the
Acts of 1933, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments to read as follows:

5. For the purpose of paying the interest and providing
for the retirement of the bonds as herein provided and the
annual rental for fire hydrants for the water supply to be
established in. the special taxing district of the First Elec-
tion District, the county commissioners of Howard County
are hereby authorized and directed to levy an annual front
foot tax, not exceeding twenty (20c) cents per front foot
(except as hereinafter provided) upon all the property in
said special taxing district, improved and unimproved,
abutting or binding upon a street, road, lane, alley or right
of way in which a water main has been laid. In addition
to this front foot tax the said county commissioners shall
levy an annual tax upon all the taxable property in said
special taxing district which shall be sufficient, together