HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1343
eral elections, except that the said committee shall canvass
the votes cast and publicly announce the result thereof. The
candidate for Mayor having the largest number of votes shall
be declared by said committee as the first Mayor, and the four
candidates for councilmen having the largest number of votes
shall be declared the first Common Council for said Town of
Glenarden, and upon their taking the oath herein prescribed
shall become the Mayor and Councilmen for said Town. The
Mayor and Council may make their first levy for taxes on or
before June 20, 1939.
SEC. 20. And be it further enacted, That should any sec-
tion, sections, part and/or parts of a section of this Act be
held to be invalid for any reason whatever, such holding shall
not be construed as affecting the validity of any remaining
section or part of a section of this Act, it being the legislative
intent that the remainder of this Act shall stand and would
have been passed notwithstanding such invalidity and/or elim-
ination of any portion and/or portions hereof.
SEC. 21. 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 health and 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
General Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date
of its passage.
Approved May 17, 1939.
CHAPTER 651.
(House Bill 472)
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Chapter
199 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of
1935. This re-enactment being an entire new charter for
the Town of Fairmount Heights in Prince George's County,
and changing numerous provisions therein and granting ad-
ditional powers.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Chapter 199 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
so as to provide a new charter for the Town of Fairmount
Heights.
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