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curred, shall by its terms provide that all project costs of such port
facilities be set out in an account to be known as the Investment Ac-
count, and the share of such cost assumed by contract by any such
municipal corporation or county, within the limitations herein con-
tained, shall be repaid within forty years from the date of contract-
ing such obligation.

(b)  In addition to, and not in substitution for, powers already
contained, any municipal corporation or county, through its appro-
priate governing bodies, is for the purposes of this Section 6A vested
with full power and authority to participate, in conjunction with the
Authority, as aforesaid, in the construction, acquisition, extension,
enlargement or improvement, within its boundaries, of port facilities
as herein defined; and may, in conjunction with the Authority, par-
ticipate by contract with the Authority in the operation and mainte-
nance thereof.

(c)  Any county and municipal corporation within its boundaries,
may by agreement, confirmed by resolution or ordinance of their re-
spective governing bodies, participate jointly with the Authority in
carrying out any of the purposes set forth in this Section 6A.

(d)  Any act or contract authorized under the terms of this Sec-
tion, as re-enacted, and entered into or performed by any county or
municipal corporation prior to the effective date of the re-enactment
hereof is hereby approved, ratified and validated as fully as if the
said a/it or contract had been entered into or performed after the
effective date of re-enactment.

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 of the members
elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 17, 1963.

CHAPTER 317
(Senate Bill 275)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 236 (b),
236(c), 236(f) and 237(d) of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1957 Edition and 1962 Supplement), title "Revenue and
Taxes", sub-title "State Department of Assessments and Taxation",
revising the classification of the several supervisors of assessments,
assistant supervisors of assessments, assessors, assessors' aides,
and other employees having to do with assessments, and relating
generally to the classifications and compensation of such officials
and employees.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 236(b), 236(c), 236(f) and 237(d) of Article 81 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1962 Supplement),
title "Revenue and Taxes", sub-title "State Department of Assess-