140 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 66

Manokin Elver: Landward or upstream of a straight line
joining South Point on Little Deals Island to Hazard Point
on the mainland.

Big Annemessex River: Easterly of a straight line from
Tenth Point to Porpoise Point; and for the purpose of this
section, Tenth Point shall be considered to be the easterly
point of the marsh at the entrance in a small creek shown
on published Chart No. 7 of the Oyster Survey of 1906 to 1912,
at a position of latitude 38 degrees, 2 minutes, 19.20 seconds
and longitude 75 degrees 51 minutes 39.47 seconds; and Por-
poise Point shall be considered to be the most westerly point
of the marsh westerly on the Traingulation Station has and
that part of Tangier Sound, south of a line drawn in an east-
erly course from Terrapin Sands Point on the west side of
Tangier Sound to the channel and thence following the
channel in a southerly direction to the Virginia line.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety, and
having been passed by 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 of Maryland, the same shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved June 1, 1948.

CHAPTER 66
(House Bill 44)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sub-sec-
tion A of Section 1000 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Montgomery County (1947 Edition)., title "Montgomery
County'7, sub-title "Rockville", authorizing The Mayor and
Council of Rockville to make street improvements and lay
water mains and sewers in said town upon a petition
signed by the owners of twenty per cent of the front footage
of all property abutting upon such proposed public im-
provement, and to pay the costs of all such improvements
and assess said costs, or any part thereof, against the
abutting properties.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sub-section A of Section 1000 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Montgomery County (1947 Edition), title
"Montgomery County", sub-title "Rockville", be repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

1000.

(A) The Council is authorized and empowered whenever
in its judgment, the public health, safety or comfort requires