HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 815

197. All of the inhabitants of the territory annexed to the
Town of Pocomoke City by this Act shall in all respects and
to all intents and purposes be subject to the powers, jurisdic-
tion and authority vested or to be vested by law, in the Mayor
and Council of Pocomoke City, and to all the ordinances now in
force, so far as the same may be consistent with the provisions
of this Act, and the territory so annexed shall in all respects be
taken and considered as part of said Town of Pocomoke City.

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 having
been 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 March 24, 1945.

CHAPTER 341.
(House Bill 252)

AN ACT to authorize and empower the Mayor and Council
of Pocomoke City, a municipal corporation of the State of
Maryland, to borrow, upon the faith and credit of Pocomoke
City, a sum of money not exceeding Twenty-five Thousand
Dollars ($25, 000. 00) and to issue and sell bonds therefor; and
to expend the proceeds therefrom for the purpose of extend-
ing and improving the water system and water supply of
Pocomoke City and for the purpose of extending, repairing
and improving the sewerage and drainage systems and the
streets, highways and sidewalks of Pocomoke City; and to
provide for the payment of the interest on the said bonds and
of the principal thereof as the same shall mature; and to
provide for the levying of taxes upon the assessable property
of Pocomoke City to pay the interest on said bonds and for
the redemption and payment of the same when they shall
fall due or when called for payment.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Mayor and Council of Pocomoke City be and
it is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow, on the faith
and credit of Pocomoke City, a sum of money not exceeding
Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25, 000. 00) and to issue bonds
therefor in sums of One Thousand Dollars ($1, 000. 00) each,
to be signed by the Mayor or the Mayor and Council of Poco-