2192 ARTICLE 65.

1922, ch. 490, sec. 53.

55. Regiments, batallions, and separate organizations may, with the
consent of the Governor, adopt a full-dress uniform of their own and at
their own expense.

1922, ch. 490, sec. 54.

56. No section or provision of this Article, or any part thereof, shall
be deemed to be repealed, altered or amended by any statute passed by the
Legislature, unless such statute explicitly refers to this Article as the
Militia Law, or by its other titles, as part of the general laws of the State,
and explicitly repeals, alters or amends the same or some part thereof.1

Veterans' Relief Fund.

1924, ch. 344, sec. 1.

57. Relief Fund be and it is hereby created for the purpose of providing
the necessities of life for such Maryland Veterans of the World War as
are sick, disabled or indigent and who are without means to pay for said
necessities or for proper care, and for the purpose of providing the necessary
funeral expenses of such Veterans.

1924, ch. 344, sec. 2.

58. The sum of twenty-five thousand ($25,000) dollars shall be in-
cluded in the State Budget each year to be expended for the purposes
enumerated in Section 57 of this sub-title. The funds appropriated under
the provisions of this sub-title shall be administered and expended under
a Board to be composed of the Adjutant General of the State who shall be
the Chairman, a member of the American Legion and a member of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, both of whom shall be appointed by the Gov-
ernor to serve during his pleasure. The Board, as thus constituted, shall
make such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary for administering
and expending the funds provided for under the provisions of this sub-title,
and the Chairman shall approve all bills and vouchers before payment by
the State Comptroller.

1924, ch. 344, sec. 3.

59. In order to provide the funds necessary until the next State Budget
is submitted in 1927, there is hereby appropriated for each of the years
ending September 30, 1925, September 30, 1926 and September 30, 1927,
respectively, the sum of twenty-five thousand ($25,000) dollars.

1924, ch. 344, sec. 4.

60. The County Commissioners of the several Counties of the State,
and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, are hereby respectively
directed to levy State taxes for the years 1925, 1926 and 1927 at 1/7 of
one cent on each one hundred dollars of assessable property; the said taxes

1 Sec. 2 of ch. 490 of acts of 1922 repeals all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the
provisions of art. 65.