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machinery, plants and property used in manufacturing,
for such period as they may deem expedient, by agreement
or otherwise.

312HH. The County Commissioners of Caroline County
shall direct the Treasurer of Caroline County to pay to
the Commissioners of Henderson on the first day of April
in the year 1950, and every year thereafter, a sum of not
less than One Hundred Dollars, to be appropriated and used
by the Commissioners of Henderson for the repair and im-
provement of the streets, roads and lanes within the limits
of said town, and for such other improvements therein
as the Commissioners may deem proper.

312-11. And be it further enacted, That said Commis-
sioners may whenever they shall deem it necessary bor-
row on the credit of said town, by note or otherwise, any
amount they may deem necessary, provided that said in-
debtedness thus created shall not exceed at any time the
sum of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars.

312JJ. And be it further enacted, That if any section or
clause of this Act shall be held invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is here-
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
and having been passed by a ye. a 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 29, 1949.

CHAPTER 499

(Senate Bill 486)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
36 of Article 7 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Carroll County", sub-
title "County Commissioners", as said section was
amended by Chapter 207 of the Acts of 1941, increasing
the compensation of the County Commissioners for
Carroll County.