506 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 317

TIME.

1130D. 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 Montgomery
County are authorized and empowered to fix, by ordinance
or resolution, the official time of said County at one hour in
advance 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 Commis-
sioners 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
Commissioners, 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 317.
(House Bill 21)

AN ACT to add a new sub-section to Section 7 of Article
73B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1943 Supple-
ment), title "Pensions", sub-title "Benefits", said new sub-
section to be known as Sub-section (10a) and to follow
immediately after Sub-section (10) of said section, provid-
in certain retirement benefits for elected or appointed
members under certain conditions.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new sub-section be and it is hereby added to
Section 7 of Article 73B of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1943 Supplement), title "Pensions", sub-title "Benefits",
said new sub-section to be known as Sub-section (10a), to
follow immediately after Sub-section (10) of said section,
and to read as follows:

7.

(10a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Article, if any person, while being a member of the State