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sioners of Worcester County, said note or notes to be signed
by the President of the County Commissioners of Worcester
County and countersigned by the treasurer of Worcester Coun-
ty, and to bear interest from the date of their issuance.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public safety, and being passed by
a "yea" and "nay" vote supported by three-fifths (3/5) of
all the members elected to each of the two houses of the Gen-
eral Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of its
passage.

Approved April 6, 1931.

CHAPTER 141.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the Mayor and Council
of Snow Hill to borrow on the faith and credit of said mu-
nicipality a sum not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars
and to issue and sell coupon bonds therefor, and to use the
proceeds thereof for the extension, repairing and improve-
ment of the water, sewerage and drainage systems of Snow
Hill and for repairs and improvements to the streets of
said town; providing for the payment of said bonds and the
interest thereon by a general tax levy on all the assessable
property of said municipality, with the provision that, in
so far as it may be practicable, the net receipts from water
rents are to be applied to the payment of such interest and
principal of the bonds; and directing that the question of the
issuance of said bonds shall be submitted to the legal and
qualified voters of said municipality.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That for the purpose of providing funds for the
extension, repairing and improvement of the water, sewerage
and drainage systems of Snow Hill, and for repairs and im-
provements to the streets of said town, the Mayor and Council
of Snow Hill be and it is hereby authorized and empowered to
borrow on the faith and credit of said town an amount not
exceeding in the aggregate twenty-five thousand dollars ($25, -
000. 00), and to issue and sell coupon bonds therefor of a par