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as aforesaid by the Council and to give bond as aforesaid, and
said bond to be approved and recorded as aforesaid. The clerk
may take the probate to any account against said city and
administer oaths in any proceedings, where necessary, had be-
fore the Council, but shall receive no fee therefor,

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety, and being
passed by 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 May 26, 1941.

CHAPTER 101.
(House Bill 255)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
263 of Article 23 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land (1930 Edition), title "Wicomico County", sub-title
'"Salisbury", providing for the appointment, qualifications
and duties of the Judges of elections in the City of Salis-
bury.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 263 of Article 23 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Wicomico
County", sub-title "Salisbury", be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments, to read as follows:

263. The Mayor shall, by publication in one or more news-
papers published in Salisbury at least ten days prior to hold-
Ing any such election, give notice thereof, stating the object
of said election and the time and place and hours of holding
the same. The Mayor shall, at least three days prior to the
holding of any such election, appoint six citizens, qualified
voters of said City, four of whom shall be from the majority
party and two from the minority party at the last State elec-
tion, to act as the Judges of the Election at each of the voting
places provided by the Mayor and Council who, before acting
as such, shall take oath in due form of law, before the Clerk
of the Circuit Court for Wicomico County, or a Justice of the
Peace, to fairly and impartially perform the duties of judges
of such election. In case any of the persons so appointed as