208 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 125

such deficiency but without any limitation as to such rate
or amount notwithstanding any other statutory limitation
upon the power of said municipality to levy taxes. Certifi-
cates of indebtedness herein authorized may be issued at
the discretion of the Council and without being submitted
to a vote of the taxpayers. Such certificates of indebted-
ness are hereby specifically exempted from the provisions
of Sections 33, 34 and 35 of Article 31 of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland (1939 Edition), and
may be sold at public or private sale as the Mayor and
Council of Rockville may determine from time to time, may
be issued on a maturity schedule which shall conform to
the period of time provided for the payment of said spe-
cial improvements in accordance with the laying of said
special assessments as above provided, may bear interest
at such rate or rates as the Mayor and Council of Rock-
ville shall determine, not exceeding, however, six per
centum (6%) per annum, and said certificates of indebted-
ness and the interest payable thereon in the hands of the
owner or owners thereof from time to time shall be exempt
from State, county and municipal taxation of any kind
or nature whatsoever in the State of Maryland. Any laws
or parts of laws, except such as confer special jurisdiction
upon the State Board of Health of Maryland, which are
inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 1000, or
which contain any other limitations or conditions on the
performance of the work herein provided for or the man-
ner of paying the same, or which confer jurisdiction over
such work on any other governmental body or agency, are
hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistencies or
conflicts to the end that this Section 1000 shall constitute
the full and complete authority for the performance of the
work herein contemplated by the Mayor and Council of
Rockville within the corporate limits of said Town.

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

Approved March 31, 1949.

CHAPTER 125

(House Bill 16)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
27A of Article 66 1/2 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1947 Supplement), title "Motor Vehicles", sub-title "Ad-