158                              Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 137

ister of wills in each such county, be closed on Saturdays; he shall
lodge every original paper and record made up by him in some re-
pository of the courthouse of the county or city, or in such other
place of safety as the said court may appoint; and the county com-
missioners of the county and Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
shall provide and keep in repair the said repository at the charge of
the county or city. During his term of office any register of wills
absent in the military service of the United States government
during time of war shall be considered on leave of absence without
pay while in such military service and for ninety days thereafter.
For the period of such absence the duly appointed and qualified
deputy register of wills shall, after giving bond as prescribed in
Section 288 of this sub-title, perform all the duties of the office of
register of wills and receive the salary provided by law for that
office. [Provided, however, that in Somerset County, the office of
the register of wills shall not be closed on Saturdays until after
January 1, 1959.]

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall take effect
June 1,1959.

Approved March 3, 1959.

CHAPTER 137
(House Bill 142)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 2 and
3 of Chapter 593 of the Acts of 1951, to authorize a bond issue for a
hospital in certain election districts of Anne Arundel County,
and relating generally to hospitals therein.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 2 and 3 of Chapter 593 of the Acts of 1951, be and
the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

Chapter 593.

2.    And be it further enacted, That the said County Commis-
sioners are further authorized and empowered to raise, contribute
and deliver toward the cost of constructing and furnishing a hospi-
tal in the Third, Fourth or Fifth District of Anne Arundel County,
the sum of $600,000.00, or any part thereof, at any time within ten
years from the effective date of this Act. Said money shall be obtained
as provided in Section 1 hereinabove, and subject to a similar con-
dition for providing that the said County Commissioners shall ap-
point two persons to the Board of Managers of the said new hospital.

3.    And be it further enacted, That the bonds hereby authorized
to be issued shall be known as "Anne Arundel General Hospital

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.