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the Washington County Hospital Association, and to levy
and collect annually a sum of money sufficient to meet
any obligations incurred as aforesaid.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 807 and 808 of Article 22 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition),
title "Washington County, " sub-title "Washington County
Hospital Association, " be and they are hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

807. The County Commissioners of Washington County
are hereby authorized and directed, in their discretion, to
enter into a contract with "The Washington County Hos-
pital Association" whereby they shall contract to con-
tribute annually a sum of money not to exceed seventy-five
hundred ($7500. 00) dollars for the care and maintenance
of the hospital under the control and direction of the said
"The Washington County Hospital Association. "

808. For the purpose of carrying put the obligations
which may be incurred under the provisions of the afore-
going section that the said County Commissioners of Wash-
ington County be and they are hereby authorized and
directed, in their discretion, to levy and collect annually
on the assessable property of said county a sum of money
sufficient to meet the obligations to be incurred by the
said County Commissioners of Washington County under
the provisions of the aforegoing section.

SEC. 2. 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 by a yea and nay vote, supported
by three-fifths of all the members elected to the two Houses
of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect from
the date of its passage.

Approved April 29, 1935.

CHAPTER 72.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sub-
section (4) of Section 194 of Article 56 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1929 Supplement), title "Li-