THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1681

when and at which said owners will be heard. Said notice
must be mailed 7 days before the date set for the hearing
and will be sufficient if addressed to the owner at the
address as it appears on the tax records of the City. Any
person aggrieved by the action of the Mayor and City
Council in making such levy shall have the right to appeal
to the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, Maryland,
provided such appeal is taken within 30 days next succeed-
ing the day on which said levy is made.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, This Act and the
powers hereby conferred, shall be regarded as supplemental
and additional to any powers now existing, and being neces-
sary for the welfare of the inhabitants of the City of
Hyattsville, shall be liberally construed to effect the pur-
poses hereof. All Acts and parts of Acts, however incon-
sistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed
to the extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That provisions of this
Act are severable, and if any of its provisions shall be held
unconstitutional by any Court of competent jurisdiction,
the decision of such Court shall not affect or impair any of
the remaining provisions. It is hereby declared to be the
legislative intent that this Act would have been adopted
had such unconstitutional provisions not been included
therein.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety
and having been passed upon by a yea and nay vote, sup-
ported by three-fifths of all 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 27, 1953.

CHAPTER 729
(House Bill 779)

AN ACT to add a new section to the Code of Public Local
Laws of Prince George's County (Flack's 1943 Edition),
said new section to be known as Section 724CC and to

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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.