WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 761

Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), as said
sections were enacted by Chapter 185 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland, passed at its January Ses-
sion in the year 1939, and as Section 174C was amended by
Chapter 612 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary-
land, passed at its January Session in the year 1943, shall
limit or affect in any way the powers hereby conferred, and
the duties and obligations hereby conferred and imposed upon
the Board of Education of Anne Arundel County and the
County Commissioners of Anne Arundel County are hereby
exempted from the provisions of said sections to the extent
that there may be, or may appear to be, any conflict or in-
consistency between the provisions of said sections and the
provisions of this Act, and none of the provisions of said
sections shall be construed as a limitation upon the powers
hereby conferred; provided, however, that any funds hereto-
fore or hereafter budgeted for school construction pusuant to
the requirements of Section 174C(a) (3) or pursuant to Sec-
tion 174C(c) of said Article 2 of the Code of Public Local
Laws may be applied by the County Commissioners of Anne
Arundel County on account of the payment of the principal
and interest of any notes issued hereunder; and provided fur-
ther that, except for the application of such funds, the County
Commissioners of Anne Arundel County shall in each fiscal
year, pursuant to Section 174C(a)(1), budget an amount
sufficient to meet the debt service requirements of the notes
hereby authorized, as above provided.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall be
deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for
the doing of the things authorized hereby and shall be re-
garded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred
by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation
of any powers now existing. This Act being necessary for
the welfare of the inhabitants of Anne Arundel County,
shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof. All
acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this
Act, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 8. 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-filths
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 16, 1947.