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the issuing thereof; provided the same shall have been served
on the defendant and a return of such service made by the
Sheriff at least ten days before the commencement of said
term, and upon all judgments rendered in such cases there
shall be a stay of thirty days and no longer; provided, that
either party may appeal to the Court of Appeals of Mary-
land from any ruling or decision of any question of law de-
cided by the Circuit Court in such trial. And in case the
defendant shall appeal and file a proper appeal bond, then
said stay of thirty days shall be counted from the affirmance
of such judgment, if the same shall be affirmed, and not from
the date of the judgment below.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law necessary for the immedi-
ate preservation of 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 of the
General Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date
of its passage.

Approved April 6, 1931.

CHAPTER 113.

AN ACT to authorize the Mayor and City Council of Cum-
berland to issue bonds to the amount of one hundred thou-
sand ($100, 000. 00) dollars for the purpose of laying sewers
within the limits of the City of Cumberland, Maryland; and
to provide for the advertisement and sale of the same and
redemption of the same at maturity together with the inter-
est thereon, when and as the same become due and payable,
and to provide for the filing of liens for the money expended
from the sale of said bonds and repealing any Act or part
thereof inconsistent herewith.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the Mayor and City Council of Cumberland,
Maryland, be and it is hereby authorized and empowered to
issue bonds to the amount of one hundred thousand ($100, -
000. 00) dollars to be known as "Cumberland Sewer Bonds of