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shall levy, for the first year following the date of the issue of said
bonds, and annually thereafter until all said bonds shall mature and
be paid, an ad valorem tax upon all the property in Wicomico County,
Maryland, subject to taxation by the County Commissioner of Wi-
comico County, sufficient to pay the annual interest on said bonds
outstanding from time to time, and to pay the principal of said bonds
as they mature, said taxes to be collected as other taxes levied in
said County are collected, and to be used for no other purpose. Said
tax shall be in addition to all other taxes authorized or limited by
law. In case any of the bonds hereby authorized shall be issued in
any year after the making of the annual tax levy for the year by the
County Commissioners of Wicomico County, the County Commis-
sioners are authorized and directed to pay any or all interest falling
due before the next tax levy, out of any other funds at their dis-
posal, and to include in the next levy the amount necessary to re-
imburse such other funds.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all bonds issued under
the authority of this Act shall be exempt from taxation by the State
of Maryland and by the counties and municipalities of said State.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the County Commis-
sioners of Wicomico County shall designate two of its members, and
the Board of Education of Wicomico County shall designate two of
its members who shall serve on the School Building Commission.
The four persons so designated shall then select three representative
citizens of Wicomico County, and the seven persons so designated
shall constitute the "Wicomico County School Building Commission
of 1957''. Said Commission is authorized to make a full and detailed
study of the type of contraction and plans of the buildings consti-
tuting the projects enumerated herein, the type and amount of
equipment necessary therefor, and shall make a detailed study of
the costs thereof and obtain such other data as in the opinion of said
Commission is required to properly carry out the duties hereby
assigned to the Commission under the provisions hereof, and shall
from time to time make recommendations concerning the same to the
County Commissioners of Wicomico County and the Board of Edu-
cation of Wicomico County, which recommendations said joint Boards
shall consider, but which shall be advisory only and shall not bind
said Boards in any action which they may take. In the event of a
vacancy on the Commission by death, resignation, or otherwise,
such vacancy shall be filled by the Board or Boards, and in the man-
ner, by which the member of the Board whose vacancy is being filled
was originally selected.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the various provisions
of this Act shall be regarded as separate and severable, and should
any section, sentence, clause, or provision thereof be held invalid
or unconstitutional for any reason, the validity of the remaining
parts hereof shall not be affected thereby.

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and welfare, 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 March 28, 1957.