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materials for said town; and any person violating the pro-
visions of this section shall be proceeded against by indict-
ment in the Circuit Court for Washington County, and, upon
conviction, be fined and imprisoned, or both, in the discretion
of the court.

44. The citizens of Boonsboro of the age of twenty-one
years and upwards, who shall have resided in the State of
Maryland and in said town for twelve months next preceding
the election, shall, on the second Monday in May in the year
1940, and not before, and upon the same day every two years
thereafter, elect by ballot a person, not under twenty-five years
of age, a citizen of the United States and a registered voter
of the State of Maryland and three years a resident of said
town next preceding the election, to be Mayor of said town.
He shall take the oath of office as hereinafter prescribed for
town officers, and remain in office until his successor is elected
and qualified. At the same time and in the same manner there
shall also he elected five persons having the same qualifications
herein prescribed for the office of Mayor to be Conncilmen of
Boonsboro, and also one person of like qualification to be
Assistant Mayor. The present Burgess, Assistant Burgess and
Councilmen of Boonsboro shall be respectively the Mayor, As-
sistant Mayor, and Councilmen of Boonsboro until the next
regular town election in the year 1940 as herein provided, and
shall exercise all the powers and perform all the functions
upon them, respectively, by the Charter of Boonsboro con-
ferred.

44A. Wherever in the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land, title "Washington County", sub-title "Boonsboro", or the
ordinances passed in pursuance thereof, the words "Burgess",
"Assistant Burgess", "Burgess and Council of Boonsboro" ap-
pear, said words shall mean and be read "Mayor", "Assistant
Mayor", "Mayor and Council of Boonsboro. "

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That should any part or
parts of this Act be declared invalid for any reason, it shall
not be construed as affecting the validity of any remaining
part or parts hereof.

SEC. 3. 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 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 May 17, 1939.