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voters of the town at some regular election for the election of
burgess, assistant burgess and three commissioners of said
town; such ordinance, before being submitted to the qualified
voters of the town, shall be posted in at least one of the public
places of said town, for four weeks previous to its submission
to the qualified voters of said town; and no ordinance for
the purchase of real estate shall be of any force or validity
unless it shall receive a majority of the votes cast at such
election.

758A. Irrespective of anything contained in the preceding
section, the Burgess and Commissioners of Smithsburg are
hereby authorized and empowered to enter into an agreement
or indenture with the Smithsburg Community Free Library,
Incorporated, a corporation incorporated under the laws of
the State of Maryland, providing for the conveyance to said
Burgess and Commissioners of a library, including any real
and personal property belonging thereto, and subject to any
conditions, restrictions or burdens therein agreed upon, and
the said Burgess and Commissioners of said town are hereby
expressly given the right and power to convey the same at
any time, either by deed of gift or of any expressed considera-
tion as may be agreed upon in the said agreement or indenture
herein mentioned, to any person designated in said agree-
ment or indenture, and said Burgess and Commissioners are
hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate funds for
the operation and maintenance of free library service in said
town.

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, the same shall take effect from the
date of its passage.

Approved February 28, 1945.

CHAPTER 180.
(House Bill 182)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 66 1/2 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1943 Supplement), title "Motor
Vehicles", sub-title "Operation of Vehicles Upon Highways",
said new section to be known as Section 141A and to follow