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missioners and to bear interest at a rate not exceeding 4% from
the date of issuance. The proceeds derived from said note or
notes, after payment of the cost of issuance thereof, shall be
used for the construction of a Public Health and General Of-
fice Building in St. Mary's County.

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 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 24, 1951.

CHAPTER 205
(House Bill 476)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
51, 52 and 53 of Article 19 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "St. Mary's County", sub-
title "County Commissioners", as said sections were enacted
by Chapter 63 of the Acts of the Special Session of 1947,
changing the dates as to the preparation of the County
Budget and the tax levy.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 51, 52 and 53 of Article 19 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "St.
Mary's County", sub-title "County Commissioners", as said
sections were enacted by Chapter 63 of the Acts of the Special
Session of 1947, be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

51. Every county agency shall submit to the County Com-
missioners of St. Mary's County on or before [October] April
1 in each year a detailed and itemized estimate of the amounts
to be required for the operation of such agency during the

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EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.
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