1248 ARTICLE 96B.

States, or its duly constituted agencies, over the waters of the State of
Maryland. Nor shall this Article be construed to amend or repeal any law
of the State of Maryland relating to the Public Service Commission, and
the State Department of Health of Maryland, relating to water and water
structures, or any act or parts of acts not inconsistent with the provisions
of this Article; nor shall it be construed so as to impair any riparian or
other vested right. Nothing contained in this Article shall be construed
to amend, repeal, limit, impair or alter any right, power or privilege here-
tofore granted by the General Assembly of Maryland to the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, to appropriate or use any of the rivers, streams.
or waters in the State of Maryland for the purpose of augmenting and im-
proving the municipal water supply of Baltimore City; nor shall it be
construed to prohibit, limit, impair or alter any particular use in existence
on January 1, 1934, of any stream or body of water by any person, part-
nership, association, or corporation, public or private, unless such use is
thereafter abandoned.

1933, ch. 526, sec. 16.

16. In the event that any court of competent jurisdiction should de-
clare any section or part of a section of this Article to be invalid, the
remainder of the Article shall not be invalidated thereby, but shall remain
in full force and effect.

1933. ch. 526, sec. 17.

17. This Article is in addition to and not in substitution for any ex-
isting laws of the State of Maryland.