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ment, operation and maintenance of Foreign Trade Zones
in ports of entry in the United States and to expedite and
encourage foreign commerce. "

SEC. 2, 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 by a yea and nay vote supported 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 May 17, 1935.

CHAPTER 428.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
383 and 685 of Article 22 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Washington County, "
sub-title "Manufacturing Plants, " extending the pro-
visions of said sections granting certain exemptions for
a period of ten years.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 383 and 685 of Article 22 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition),
title "Washington County, " sub-title "Manufacturing
Plants, " be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments to read as follows:

MANUFACTURING PLANTS.

383. The Mayor and Council of Hagerstown is hereby
authorized and empowered to exempt from municipal taxa-
tion for a period of years not exceeding ten from the date
of the passage of this Act, such factories, manufacturing
industries, establishments, plants and the like, and the land,
machinery and tools therewith used, stock in trade and
products thereof as may be located in said Hagerstown since
the 1st day of January, 1936, or may be located therein
thereafter within a period of ten years from the 1st day
of January, 1936; the said Mayor and Council to determine
what factories, manufacturing industries, establishments,
plants and the like are within the meaning and purpose of
this Act; provided, however, that such exemption from
municipal taxation shall only be granted when ten or more