THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                   333

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate pres-
ervation 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, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 1, 1955.

CHAPTER 237
(House Bill 341)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 153 and
154 of Article 10 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1930 Edition), title "Dorchester County," sub-title "County Com-
missioners and Treasurer," sub-heading "Board of Estimates," said
sections having been amended by Chapter 222 of the Acts of 1949,
relating to the amounts which the Board of County Commissioners
of Dorchester County may borrow on promissory notes and certifi-
cates of indebtedness for certain purposes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 153 and 154 of Article 10 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Dorchester County," sub-
title "County Commissioners and Treasurer," sub-heading "Board of
Estimates," said sections having been amended by Chapter 222 of the
Acts of 1949, be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows :

153. The Board of County Commissioners of Dorchester County
shall not after the first day of May, 1916, create any obligation or
liability on the part of or on the credit of the county, which shall be
a floating debt, and no temporary loan shall be made to pay any
deficiency arising from a failure to realize sufficient income from
revenue and taxation to meet the amounts provided for in the said
list of estimates; but the Board of County Commissioners may
temporarily borrow money on promissory note or notes on the faith
and credit of Dorchester County, for the use of the county in anticipa-
tion of the receipt of taxes levied for any year, provided that they
shall not in the manner and for the purpose aforesaid borrow in the
aggregate more than [one hundred and twenty-five ($125,000.00)
thousand dollars,] Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,-
000.00), and such sum or any part thereof so borrowed shall all be
repaid and such demand fully satisfied on or before the first day of
December following the beginning of the fiscal year in which said
money is so borrowed, and the said Board of County Commissioners
shall not borrow any money for any purpose between the first day
of December and the thirty-first day of December ensuing, or the
close of the said fiscal year, except, however, such certificates of
indebtedness that may be issued from time to time by the said 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.