1248 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 517

clare at any time hereafter that there is need for a housing au-
thority to function in such county, which declaration shall be
made by said Board of County Commissioners in the same
manner and subject to the same conditions (except for ap-
proval by the Mayor) as the declaration of the governing body
of a city, required by Section 4 hereof for the purpose of au-
thorizing a housing authority of a city to transact business
and exercise its powers. The housing authorities of the Coun-
ties shall, within their area of operation as hereinafter de-
fined, have all the functions, rights, powers, duties and liabili-
ties provided in this Act for housing authorities in Cities, and
the provisions of this Act shall, within the area of operation of
such housing authorities of the counties, apply to the housing
authorities of the counties in the same manner and to the
same extent as this Act applies to housing authorities created
in cities; provided that as to housing authorities of the coun-
ties, the Board of Commissioners of the county for which any
such authority is created, is hereby authorized to perform the
acts herein required or permitted by this Act to be performed
by the governing body of the city, the Mayor or said governing
body and the Mayor, for the housing authority of the city. The
area of operation of a housing authority of a County shall in-
clude all of the county except that portion thereof which lies
within the territorial boundaries of any city for which a hous-
ing authority may be created under this Act, unless the gov-
erning body of any such city shall by proper resolution con-
sent to its inclusion in the area of operation of such county
authority. With respect to the provisions of other sections of
this Act and their application to housing authorities of coun-
ties, the term "city" shall be construed as referring to a coun-
ty unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That notwithstanding
any other evidence of the legislative intent, it is hereby de-
clared to be the legislative intent that if any provision of this
Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances,
is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application
of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not
be affected thereby.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all Acts or parts of
Acts of any Public General or Public Local Laws inconsistent
with the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby re-
pealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1937.

Approved May 28, 1937.