492 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 308

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
2 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edi-
tion), title "Anne Arundel County", to be under a sub-title
"Time", said new section to be known as Section 481A, and to
follow immediately after Section 481 of said Article, and to
read as follows:

TIME

481A. For the period of each year from two A. M. on the
last Sunday in April until two A. M. of the last Sunday in
September, the County Commissioners of Anne Arundel
County are authorized and directed to fix, by ordinance or
resolution, the official time of said county at one hour in ad-
vance of the standard time of the seventy-fifth meridian, which
advance in said standard time is commonly called "Eastern
Daylight Saving Time", If the County Commissioners
so advance the official time of said county, all courts,
public offices, legal and official proceedings, insofar as the
same are subject to or under the control of said County Com-
missioners, shall be regulated thereby, and all time shown by
the public clocks shall agree therewith.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate 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 April 2, 1947.

CHAPTER 308.
(House Bill 606)

AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners of St.
Mary's County to borrow upon the faith and credit of
the county a sum of money for the purpose of paying off
outstanding certificates of indebtedness issued for the
general purposes and expenses of the county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County
be and they are hereby authorized to borrow upon the faith