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the remaining one-fourth on or before the thirty-first day
of December next thereafter.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any County
Commissioner, or the Clerk to the County Commissioners,
or the County Treasurer shall violate any of the provisions
of Sections 83, 104 and 105 of this Act, he shall be liable
to indictment and, upon conviction, shall forfeit his office.

SEC. 4. And be is further enacted, That all laws or parts
of laws, whether Public General or Public Local Laws, in-
consistent with the provisions of this Act be and they are
hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act is here-
hereby declared to be an emergency law and 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 Assembly, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved May 17, 1939.

CHAPTER 287.
(Senate Bill 73)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
344 of Article 7 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Carroll County", sub-
title "Sheriff", increasing the salary of the Chief Deputy
Sheriff of Carroll County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 344 of Article 7 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title
"Carroll County", sub-title "Sheriff", be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amendments to read as
follows:

344. It shall be the duty of the Board of County Com-
missioners of Carroll County to furnish all supplies and
provisions necessary in their judgment for the support and
maintenance of all persons committed to the jail of said
county, and all fuel and light needed for said jail, and to