512 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 277

WHEREAS, the General Assembly of Maryland, by Chap-
ter 66 of the Acts of the Regular Session of 1950, author-
ized the several sets of County Commissioners of this
State to set up Special Taxing Districts for erosion pre-
vention work; and

WHEREAS, subsequent decisions by the Court of Appeals
of Maryland have indicated the possibility that said Chap-
ter 66 of 1950 might have been invalid as a possible subject
for consideration at the 1950 Session of the General
Assembly by reason of not having been state-wide in its
scope and application; and

WHEREAS, it is desirable to remove any doubts as to the
possible effectiveness of these powers of the several
Boards of County Commissioners by repealing said Chap-
ter 66 of 1950 and enacting the provisions thereof in a
new bill; and

WHEREAS, it is also desirable to validate and confirm
any action which may have been taken or any things done
by any Board of County Commissioners purporting to act
under the terms and authority of said Chapter 66 of 1950;
therefore

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 167-173, inclusive, of Article 25 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "County
Commissioners", sub-title "Erosion", as said sections were
enacted by Chapter 66 of the Acts of the Regular Session
of 1950, be and they are hereby repealed; and that seven
(7) new sections be and they are hereby added to said
Article 25 (1951 Edition), said new sections to be known
as Sections 156-162, inclusive, to follow immediately after
Section 155 thereof and to be under the new sub-title
"Erosion", and to read as follows:

156. Territory within each and every sub-division of
land in any county of this State, sub-divided for residen-
tial and business uses, and abutting or bordering upon the
Chesapeake Bay tributaries, or upon any other stream or
body of water in this State, as shown by the plats of said
respective sub-divisions recorded among the Land Records
of said county, be, and the same are, hereby respectively
created separate Taxing and Assessment Districts; and
each District, for the purposes of this subtitle, shall bear
the name of the sub-division out of which it is created.

157. (a) The County Commissioners of the County
are hereby authorized and empowered to act as the Dis-