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thereunder, a conviction for one offense shall not be a bar to a
conviction for a continuation of such offense, subsequent to the
first or any succeeding conviction.

124. "The Commissioners of Bel Air" are hereby declared
to be the legal successors of the "Commissioners of the Town
of Bel Air" and shall be entitled to and are hereby vested with
all the property and rights of every nature whatsoever now be-
longing to the "Commissioners of the Town of Bel Air" and
all officers of the Town in office at the date of the enactment
of this Charter shall hold office until their successors are
elected or appointed and qualified as herein provided. All
ordinances, regulations and resolutions now in force and not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter shall remain
in force until ordered repealed by competent authority. No
provisions of this Charter shall affect any rights, liens or lia-
bilities subsisting at the date of its enactment.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and all
Acts or parts of Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, in-
consistent with the provisions of the aforegoing Charter are
hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. That if any word, clause,
sentence or section of this Charter should be declared uncon-
stitutional, for any reason, it shall not affect any other word,
clause, sentence or section thereof and the same shall be and
remain in full force and effect.

SEC. 4. 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 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 23, 1941.

CHAPTER 305.
(House Bill 574)

AN ACT to provide for an Identification Officer to be desig-
nated from among the members of the Prince George's County
Police force.