HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 799

why said assessment should not be made as proposed. Any
person aggrieved by the action of the Mayor and Town Council
of Cheverly shall have the right to appeal to the Circuit Court
for Prince George's County, Maryland, provided such appeal
is taken within ten days next succeeding the day on which
said assessment is made.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Town
Council of Cheverly shall give prior consideration to the con-
struction of roadways, alleys, curbs, sidewalks and gutters as
provided for herein whenever the owners of fifty-one per cen-
tum (51%) of the property, where property shall abut upon
such streets, shall petition the said Mayor and Town Council
to that effect, but the Mayor and Town Council of Cheverly
shall have the discretion and final determination as to the
streets to be improved, notwithstanding such petition.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency Act 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 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 April 26, 1939.

CHAPTER 365.
(House Bill 727)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 346
of Article 17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland,
title "Prince George's County", sub-title "County Treasurer",
as the same was repealed and re-enacted by Chapter 284 of
the Acts of 1937, providing for the compensation to be paid
to the County Treasurer for clerk hire in the office of said
Treasurer and increasing the amount allowed for clerks in
the office of said Treasurer.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 346 of Article 17 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "Prince George's County", sub-
title "County Treasurer", as said section was amended by
Chapter 284 of the Acts of 1937, be, and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, so as to read as
follows: