1188                      LAWS OF MARYLAND.                   [CH. 476

proper agent or governmental department the lot of ground
located in the town of Easton, Maryland, herein described, for
the purpose of constructing a post office building thereon.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Mayor and Council of Easton, Maryland, be and
they are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into nego-
tiations with the United States Government or its representa-
tives, looking toward the sale and/or conveyance and to grant
and convey such portion of Court Street and Court Street, north
of the plaza hereinafter mentioned, located in the town of Eas-
ton, Maryland, and extending from Washington Street to West
Street, and also grant and convey to the United States Govern-
ment or its proper agent or governmental department such por-
tion or portions of said plaza, located on said Washington
Street, and extending back to the property known as Music
Hall as may be necessary or proper and required by the Federal
Government for the site for a Federal post office building and
approaches thereto.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the deed for the
property mentioned in Section 1 of this Act shall, upon a ma-
jority vote of Council and the approval of the Mayor, be signed
by the Mayor of Easton, and the corporate seal of said Mayor
and Council of Easton shall be affixed thereto by the Clerk of
the Mayor and Council or by any member of the Council, and
duly attested, and the Mayor of the town of Easton is hereby
authorized to acknowledge and deliver for and on behalf of said
Mayor and Council of Easton the said deed.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all Acts of the Gen-
eral Assembly of Maryland, or parts of Acts, insofar as they are
inconsistent with the provisions and purposes of this Act are
hereby repealed.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall be
deemed an emergency Act and shall take effect from the date
of its passage.

Approved April 17, 1931.

CHAPTER 476.

AN ACT to repeal Sections 224 and 227 of Article 21 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title
"Talbot County, " sub-title "Easton, " and to re-enact the
same with amendments.