104 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 40

by the State of Maryland or Allegany County. Such supple-
mentary payment shall not be greater than the amount re-
quired to raise the aforesaid regular annual retirement
allowance to One Hundred Dollars ($100, 00) per month.
If the County Commissioners determine to make such pay-
ments, they shall annually levy therefor an amount suffi-
cient to pay the expenses thereof.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure 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 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.

Approved November 10, 1947.

CHAPTER 40.
(House Bill 1)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, sub-
section (a) of Section 15 of Article 30 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1939 Edition and 1943 Supplement),
title "Deaf, Dumb and Blind"; sub-title "Public Assistance
to the Needy Blind", said sub-section having been amend-
ed by Chapter 699 of the Acts of 1947, relating to residence
requirements for the needy blind.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That subsection (a) of Section 15 of Article 30 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition and 1943
Supplement), title "Deaf, Dumb and Blind", sub-title "Public
Assistance to the Needy Blind", said sub-section having been
amended by Chapter 699 of the Acts of 1947, be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

(a) Lost his eyesight while a resident of the State, or
shall have resided in the State continuously for a period
of one year immediately preceding the filing of the ap-
plication for public assistance; provided, however, that the
State Department is authorized and empowered to make
reciprocal arrangements with other States to waive resi-
dence requirements when, in their judgment, the same is
deemed necessary, so long as the waiver does not invali-
date Federal matching. In the event that future Federal
legislation shall require the abolition of State residence re-