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this section shall be construed to affect the appointment or
term of office of the bailiffs holding office at the time this sec-
tion is enacted into law.

155. The Mayor and Common Council may by ordinance
provide for such fines, penalties and forfeitures for breach of
their ordinances as they may think proper, not exceeding
[twenty-five] fifty dollars for any one offense; and may pro-
vide for non-payment of such fines, penalties and forfeitures
that the offender be imprisoned in some place of confinement
as provided in the succeeding section for a period of not ex-
ceeding sixty days.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That before the provisions
of this Act shall become effective, the Mayor and the Common
Council of the Town of Capitol Heights shall submit the ques-
tion to the qualified voters of said town at the regular general
municipal election to be held next after the effective date of
this Act. Notice of the submission of this question shall be
given by the Mayor and the Common Council in a newspaper
of general circulation in said town at least two weeks before
the said election. The ballots or voting machines, as the case
may be, shall contain a printed summary of this Act. Printed
on the said ballots or voting machines, as the case may be, shall
also appear the words "For amending the Town Charter", and
"Against amending the Town Charter", with suitable provision
to be made for each voter to indicate his choice on said ques-
tion. If a majority of the persons voting on said question shall
vote "For amending the Town Charter", then this Act shall be
immediately of full force and effect; but, if a majority of the
persons voting on this question shall vote "Against amending
the Town Charter", then this Act shall be void and of no
further effect whatsoever.

SEC. 3. 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 of Maryland, the same shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 14, 1951.