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lars without the aforesaid referendum to the voters of said
town.

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

Approved April 17, 1931.

CHAPTER 445.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 301
of Article 20 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1930 Edition), title "Somerset County," sub-title "Princess
Anne, 7 7 and to add four new sections to said Article, said new
sections to be known as Sections 301A, 301B, 301C and 301D
and to follow immediately after Section 301 of said Article,
relating to the election of Commissioners for said town and
the qualification and registration of voters.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 301 of Article 20 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Somerset County," sub-title "Princess Anne," be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments and that four new sections be and they
are hereby added to said Article, said new sections to be known
as Sections 301A, 301B, 301C and 301D, to follow immediately
after Section 301 of said Article, and all to read as follows:

301. Every citizen of the United States above the age of
twenty-one years, who shall have resided within the corporate
limits of the town of Princess Anne for one year next preceding
an election for town commissioner for said town of Princess
Anne, shall be entitled to vote at said election, provided he or
she be registered as hereinafter provided; and every person
above the age of twenty-one years who may not reside in said
town of Princess Anne but who is the bona fide owner of real
or personal property or interest in such property in said town,
and the assessed value of whose said interest is not less than
five hundred dollars, has been such owner and so assessed
for two years next preceding any said election, shall have paid
all taxes due on said property for said two years and shall ex-
hibit the receipts therefor to the judge of said election, shall be