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investments to a sum of f 100, 000. 00 shall be retained by said
electrical department and the balance of said operating profits
if any shall be paid to the said general funds of the Mayor
and Council of Easton.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1949.

Approved April 29, 1949.

CHAPTER 657
(House Bill 761)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
330 of Article 21 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Talbot County", sub-title
"Oxford", increasing the compensation of the town com-
missioners of said town, and changing time for holding
town elections.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 330 of Article 21 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Talbot Coun-
ty", sub-title "Oxford", be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

330. Said commissioners shall be three in number; and all
male inhabitants above the age of twenty-one years, who
shall have had a bona fide residence in said town for six
months, and twelve months in the State next preceding the
election, or who shall be the holder of real property within
the limits of said town, and have resided six months in Tal-
bot County, and twelve months in the State, shall elect by
ballot, on the second Tuesday in July in each year, at such
time and place as shall be designated by the commissioners,
one person above the age of twenty-one years, and who has
resided in said town at least twelve months next preceding
said election, commissioner; the person so elected shall serve
for a term of three years; each of said three commissioners
shall receive a salary of One Hundred Dollars a year.

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