J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                               921

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preserva-

tion of the public health and safety and having been passed 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.

SEC. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT IN SO
FAR AS THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUB-SECTION MAY BE
INCONSISTENT WITH OR CONTRARY TO THE PROVISIONS
OF THE MARYLAND-WASHINGTON REGIONAL DISTRICT
ACT, AS ENACTED BY CHAPTER 992 OF THE ACTS OF 1943
AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO, THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS SUB-SECTION SHALL HAVE NO APPLICATION SO LONG
AS SUCH DISTRICT ACT IS IN FORCE AND EFFECT AND
NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED OR
CONSTRUED TO AFFECT THE VALIDITY, OR OPERATIVE
EFFECT, OF SAID CHAPTER 992 OF THE ACTS OF 1943 AS
AMENDED, WHICH ESTABLISHED CITY AND REGIONAL
PLANNING IN MONTGOMERY AND PRINCE GEORGE'S
COUNTIES WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE MARYLAND-WASH-
INGTON REGIONAL DISTRICT AS SAID DISTRICT IS NOW OR
SHALL HEREAFTER BE DEFINED BY LAW."

SEC. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT THIS ACT
SHALL TAKE EFFECT JUNE 1, 1959.

Approved April 28, 1959.

CHAPTER 615
(House Bill 112)

AN ACT to fix the rate of State taxation for the year Nineteen
Hundred and Sixty (1960) in accordance with the provisions of
Section 33 of Article 81 of the Code of Public General Laws of
the State of Maryland (1957 Edition).

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the rate of State taxation for the year Nineteen Hundred and
Sixty (1960) is hereby fixed in the manner following, and the taxes
for each of the State loans herein specified to be used to pay the
installments of principal and interest thereon:

Cents per

$100.00

1960

Post War Construction Loan of 1945............................ 0.45

General Construction Loan of 1947................................ 1.09

Armory Loan of 1948.................................................... 0.05

General Contraction Loan of 1949................................ 1.15

General Public School Assistance Loan of 1949.......... 1.83

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.