1044 LAWS OF MARYLAND, [CH. 833

the Clerk of Salisbury on his books to the "Fire Fighting Equip-
ment and Apparatus Fund" to be applied only for the purposes
specified in this Act.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Coun-
cil of Salisbury shall annually levy upon all the assessable prop-
erty liable to taxation in the City of Salisbury at the regular
tax levying period an amount sufficient to meet and pay the in-
terest on said note, notes or other evidence of indebtedness so
issued and outstanding and to meet and pay the principal of
said note, notes or other evidence of indebtedness as they shall
severally become due from time to time, which tax shall be
levied and collected and shall have the same priority rights,
bear the same interest and penalties and in every respect be
treated the same as other city faxes now are. Said amount so
levied and collected shall be kept in a separate fund for the
payment of said interest and principal and for no other pur-
pose whatsoever.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act and the
note, notes or other evidence of indebtedness issued thereunder
are hereby specifically exempted from the provisions of Sec-
tions 33-36, inclusive, of Article 31, title "Debt—Public" of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), and all amend-
ments thereto, and from the provisions of Section 302 of Article
23 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edi-
tion), as said section was enacted by Chapter 353 of the Acts
of the General Assembly of Maryland (Regular Session of
1933), and that all laws or parts of laws, both public general
and public local, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act,
be and they are hereby repealed to the extent of such incon-
sistency.

SEC. 5. 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 having
been passed upon by yea and nay vote, supported by three-
fifths of all 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 April 27, 1945.

CHAPTER 833.
(House Bill 709)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 7
of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1943 Sup-
plement), title "Justices of the Peace", sub-title "Civil Juris-