HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 21

of ten qualified voters and taxpayers residing within the
corporate limits of Thurmont to re-submit the question
of issuing bonds or promissory notes in the manner herein
provided at a subsequent election for an aggregate amount
of sixty thousand dollars ($60, 000. 00) or any part there-
of; providing that in no event shall the aggregate amount
of all bonds issued under this Act from time to time exceed
sixty thousand dollars ($60, 000. 00). And the judges of
said municipal election or a majority of them shall return
to the President of the Board of Commissioners of Thur-
mont the number of ballots cast "for issue of bonds" and
"against issue of bonds, " or "for loan on promissory notes"
and "against loan on promissory notes, " respectively, and
the said President of the Board of Commissioners of Thur-
mont shall announce the result thereof.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety and hav-
ing 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 February 16, 1939.

CHAPTER 11.

(House Bill 44)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
138 of Article 33 of the Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland, title "Elections", sub-title "Miscellaneous Pro-
visions", as said section was enacted by Chapter 52 of the
Laws of the Special Session of the Legislature of 1936, this
amendment authorizing the Election Supervisors of Howard
County to divide the list of voters of any election district or
precinct into alphabetical divisions, and authorizing, if
necessary, additional polling places.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 138 of Article 33 of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland, title "Elections", sub-title "Mis-
cellaneous Provisions", as said section was enacted by Chap-
ter 52 of the Laws of the Special Session of the Legislature
of 1936, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, so as to read as follows: