ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                1229

thousand dollars ($100, 000) for school purposes, shall be paid
out by the said Board of Education of Dorchester County, upon
the order of the High School Building Commission, said orders
to be from a warrant book especially authorized and adopted
by said Commission, with said warrants numbered consecutively,
said orders specifying to whom and for what sum authorized
therein is paid, and that the remaining sum of seventy-five thou-
sand dollars ($75, 000) realized from the sale of the aforesaid
bonds shall be paid for the purpose of enlarging, repairing and
renovating the Court House of Dorchester County, shall be paid
out by the Board of County Commissioners for Dorchester
County upon the order of the Court House Building Commis-
sion, said order to be upon a warrant book especially authorized
and adopted by said Commission, with said warrants numbered
consecutively, said order specifying to whom and for what sum
authorized therein is paid.

SEC. 9. And be it farther 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 members elected to each of. the two Houses of the General
Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 17, 1931.

CHAPTER 494.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 166
of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1929 Sup-
plement), title "Revenue and Taxes, " sub-title "State Tax
Commission, " fixing the time for the next general assessment.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 166 of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1929 Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes, " sub-
title "State Tax Commission, " be and the same is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:

f           166. The jurisdiction, supervision, powers and duties of the

;: State Tax Commission herein created and established shall ex-
tend under this Article:

(1) To assess all persons or properties which by this Article
are to be assessed by it, and to perform all duties imposed upon
it by this Article.