WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 2025

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the im-
mediate preservation of the public health and safety and hav-
ing been passed upon by 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 April 25, 1947.

CHAPTER 836.
(House Bill 743)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 11
of Article 64A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "Merit System", relating to the publication
of notice of examinations for positions in the classified
service.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 11 of Article 64A of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Merit System", be and it
is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

11. Notice of every open examination scheduled by the
Commissioner shall be published with the closing date
for receiving applications and the rate of compensation
for each position listed at least once a week for at
least two successive weeks preceding the examination in
a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation in the
City of Baltimore or in the county in which the examination
is to be held. Such notice shall also be sent to the Clerk
of the Superior Court of Baltimore City and to the Clerk of
the Circuit Court for each county in this State, and said
Clerks shall forthwith post the same in their respective
Court "Houses. Such further notice shall be given as the
Commissioner may prescribe. The Commissioner shall, when-
ever necessary, provide facilities for holding examinations
in different parts of the State.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1947.

Approved April 25, 1947.