36 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 22

commissioners, or any non-resident individuals who hold
taxable property in said town and pay town taxes thereon,
shall elect by ballot cast in person on the third Monday in
the month of April in each and every year, any three per-
sons residents of said town for the period of six months
preceding said election, and entitled to vote for delegates
to the general assembly of Maryland, as commissioners for
said town for the ensuing year, or until their successors
are elected and qualified. Provided, however, that it shall
not be necessary for any person to file a notice that he is
a candidate for town commissioner prior to the day of elec-
tion and provision shall be made on the ballot for any voter
to write in the name or names of any three qualified per-
sons for town commissioners.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
and having been passed upon by a yea and nay vote, sup-
ported 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 March 29, 1939.

CHAPTER 22.
(Senate Bill 3)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
245A of Article 13 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland, titled "Deeds, " as the same was enacted by
Chapter 73 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland, 1931; to include in the provisions of said
Act personal property, and make the said Act an emerg-
ency measure to take effect from the date of its passage.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 245A of Article 13 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, titled "Harford County, "
sub-titled "Deeds" be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:

SECTION 245A. No property shall be transferred on the
Assessment Books in the office of the County Commission-
ers unless and until all public taxes, assessments and