382 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 226

year, and thereafter their respective successors shall be
elected for two-year terms.

305. The town of Cottage City, in Prince George's County,
Maryland, a municipal corporation, and the Cottage City Com-
mission is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to levy
and collect annually a special assessment of not more than
twelve cents on each one hundred dollars, based on the State
and County Assessments, on all real and personal property
situated within the town of Cottage City in Prince George's
County, Maryland, the money derived from said special assess-
ment to be paid to the Cottage City Volunteer Fire Company
as long as it provides adequate fire protection to the residents
and property within the corporate limits of the town of Cot-
tage City, said money to be used by the said Cottage City Vol-
unteer Fire Company for the exclusive use in its maintenance,
operation, care and purchase of new equipment, a detailed
statement of the expenditures of such money to be submitted
to the Cottage City Commission by the Cottage City Volunteer
Fire Company in the months of January and July of each year,
the levy for said special assessment to be made before the first
day of July of each year.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall be
submitted to the qualified voters of Cottage City for adoption
or rejection at the regular town election to be held on the first
Monday in May, 1939, and shall not become effective unless
approved by a majority of those voting thereon. There shall
be printed on the regular ballots for said town election the
words "For Amendment to Town Charter", with a blank or
square to the right and directly opposite, and immediately
thereunder the words "Against Amendment to Town Charter"
and to the right and directly opposite a blank or square, so
that every voter at said election may indicate his or her choice.

If at said election a majority of the votes cast for or against
the amendment to the town charter shall be in favor of said
amendment, then this Act shall be in full force and effect;
but, if a majority of the votes cast thereon shall be against
said amendment, then this Act shall be null and void and of no
effect whatever.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and safety, and being passed
upon a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of all of the
members elected to each of the two Houses of the General As-
sembly, the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 26, 1939.