THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR                   135

Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Carroll County", sub-title "Taney-
town", as said section was amended by Chapter 550 of the Acts of
1943, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

417. The said The Mayor and City Council of Taneytown shall
cause to be made an assessment, from time to time, of all assessable
property, real, personal and mixed, within the limits of said town
and shall levy a tax upon all such property not to exceed in any
one year [seventy-five] ninety cents on one hundred dollars in any
one year in addition to any special levies now required to be made
by law, and the said The Mayor and City Council of Taneytown
may borrow such sum or sums of money, not exceeding thirty-five
thousand dollars as may be necessary for corporate purposes pro-
vided the aggregate principal indebtedness of said municipality
shall not at any time be in excess of said thirty-five thousand dol-
lars, which debt shall be paid as the collection of taxes succeeding
such borrowings will permit. THE FOREGOING LIMITATION
UPON THE TAX LEVY SHALL HAVE NO APPLICATION TO
ANY TAX LAID FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE PRIN-
CIPAL AND INTEREST ON ANY OUTSTANDING BONDS OF
THE TOWN, WHETHER ISSUED BEFORE OR AFTER THE
PASSAGE OF THIS LAW.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the effectiveness of this
Act shall be subject to the requirement of Section 5 of Article HE
of the Constitution of Maryland that no such local law shall become
effective in regard to a municipal corporation until and unless it
shall have been approved at a regular or special municipal election
by a majority of the voters of that municipal corporation voting on
the question.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety and having been
passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of all 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, 1955.

CHAPTER 102
(Senate Bill 258)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 22 (a) of
Article 51 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition),
title "Juries", sub-title "Qualification and Selection of Jurors",
relating generally to the compensation of jurors in Baltimore
County.

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.