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on all property served by the Commission in Prince George's
County to the extent necessary to meet said deduction, which
charges may be changed from year to year under the provisions
of Chapter 122 of the Acts of 1918, as amended, and as
codified in Article 16, title "Montgomery County", sub-title
"Washington Suburban Sanitary District", as amended, in
Article 17, title "Prince George's County", sub-title "Wash-
ington Suburban Sanitary District", as amended, of the Code
of Public Local Laws of the State of Maryland.

The issuance and sale of the Serial Incinerator Bonds for
the aggregate sum of $50, 000. 00, issued by the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission on October 1st, 1938, under
the provisions of Chapter 296 of the Laws of Maryland of
1937, and codified as Section 750A, Article 17, of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, are hereby ratified and con-
firmed, and are to be considered for all purposes, the valid
and binding obligations of said Commission, payable accord-
ing to the terms set forth in said Act.

The Commission may exempt from the operation of this
Act, with the approval of the County Health Officer, any per-
son, firm or institution residing in the above defined bounda-
ries, engaged in feeding garbage to hogs, or any incorporated
town which maintains its own dump for municipal purposes.

Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall
be fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, or by
imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both, -in. the dis-
cretion of the Court.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety and having
been passed upon the yea and nay vote supported by three-
fifths of all the members elected to each of the two Houses of
the General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 26, 1939.

CHAPTER 254.
(House Bill 358)

AN ACT to repeal Section 343 of Article 20 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Som-
set County", sub-title "Revenue and Taxes", and to enact in
lieu thereof two new sections, to be known as Section 343