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directed, so long as any of said bonds are outstanding and un-
paid, to levy against all of the assessable property within the
City of Salisbury a tax sufficient to meet the interest on said
bonds as it becomes due and/or to pay the principal thereof as
they severally mature. It being the intention of this Act to
make it mandatory upon the Mayor and Council of Salisbury
to levy a tax against all the assessable property in Salisbury
sufficient to meet and pay the interest on and principal of the
bonds to be issued pursuant hereto as and when they severally
mature, whenever and if ever the same cannot be paid from the
charges collected by said Mayor and Council from the operation
of the water and sewerage systems of Salisbury; said tax to be
levied, collected and paid in the same manner as are the taxes
with respect to the Salisbury Water and Sewer Bonds issued in
pursuance of Chapter 494 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of Maryland of 1924, are determined, levied, collected and
paid.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall be
supplemental to Chapter 494 of the Acts of the General Assem-
bly of Maryland of 1924, and is intended to enlarge but not to
curtail the rights and powers of the Mayor and Council of
Salisbury with respect to the matters provided for in said Act,
and the said Mayor and Council of Salisbury shall have and
enjoy, with respect to the proceeds of the sale of the bonds, to
be issued and sold hereunder, all of the rights, duties, powers
and authority vested in the said Mayor and Council of Salis-
bury under said Chapter 494 of the Acts of 1924.

SEC. 5. 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 safety, and being passed upon
a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths (3/5) 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 March 13, 1931.

CHAPTER 16.

AN ACT to add four new sections to Article 13 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Har-
ford County, " sub-title "County Commissioners, " to follow
Section 234 of said Article and to be known as Sections