HOUSING AUTHORITIES 1977

the same conditions (except for approval by the Mayor) as the declaration
of the governing body of a city, required by Section 4 hereof for the pur-
pose of authorizing a housing authority of a city to transact business and
exercise its powers. The housing authorities of the Counties shall, within
their area of operation as hereinafter defined, have all the functions, rights,
powers, duties and liabilities provided in this Article for housing authori-
ties in Cities, and the provisions of this Article shall, within the area of
operation of such housing authorities of the counties, apply to the housing
authorities of the counties in the same manner and to the same extent as
this Article applies to housing authorities created in cities; provided that
as to housing authorities of the counties, the Board of Commissioners of
the county for which any such authority is created, is hereby authorized
to perform the acts herein required or permitted by this Article to be per-
formed by the governing body of the city, the Mayor or said governing
body and the Mayor, for the housing authority of the city. The area of
operation of a housing authority of a County shall include all of the county
except that portion thereof which lies within the territorial boundaries of
any city for which a housing authority may be created under this Article,
unless the governing body of any such city shall by proper resolution con-
sent to its inclusion in the area of operation of such county authority.
With respect to the provisions of other sections of this Article and their
application to housing authorities of counties, the term "city" shall be
construed as referring to a county unless a different meaning clearly
appears from the context.

1937, ch. 517, sec. 2.

23. Notwithstanding any other evidence of the legislative intent, it is
hereby declared to be the legislative intent that if any provision of this
Article, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held
invalid, the remainder of the Article and the application of such provision
to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.¹

¹ Sec. 3 of ch. 517 of Acts of 1937 repealed all acts inconsistent therewith.