HERBERT R, O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 37
CHAPTER 47.
(House Bill 3)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sub-section
(d) of Section 25A of Article 66 1/2 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1943 Supplement), title "Motor Vehicles", sub-
title "Administration — Registration— Titling", exempting
motor vehicles owned by the State or any political sub-divi-
sion from the titling tax.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sub-section (d) of Section 25A of Article 66y2 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1943 Supplement), title
"Motor Vehicles", sub-title "Administration—Registration—
Titling", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

25A. (d) Certificates of title for all motor vehicles owned
by the State of Maryland or any political sub-division of the
State and for fire engines and other fire department emergency
apparatus, including ambulance operated by or in connection
with any fire department, shall be exempt from the tax imposed
by this section.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety and having
been passed upon by 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 9, 1945.

CHAPTER 48.
(House Bill 94)

AN ACT to repeal Section 38 of Article 10 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Attorneys at Law
and Attorneys in Fact", sub-title "State's Attorney", au-
thorizing the Comptroller to adjust and settle the claims of
state's attorneys for appearance in civil cases due them by
the State.

WHEREAS, there has been no need for this section since the
enactment of Article 32A of the Code, which authorizes the