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judgment of said Board the same shall be expedient and
proper, upon such terms as to it shall seem wise. The said
Board is hereby directed to provide, whenever in its judgment
the same may be expedient, such form of labor as will offer
an opportunity to prisoners to earn a surplus over the cost of
their maintenance to the State, and said Board shall further
provide in its discretion for the payment of any part of such
surplus so earned, to the prisoner earning the same, or to
such person or persons as he may direct.

(b) To formulate a system of records and accounting which
shall at all times indicate the source, nature and extent of its
purchases, and the source, nature and extent of its sales.

(c) To possess and enjoy all powers and authority necessary
for the proper performance of any duty or function by this
section devolving upon or required of said Board.

If any provision, sub-section, or sentence of this section or
the application thereof to any person, corporation or circum-
stance, be held invalid, the remainder of the section, and the
application of any such provision, sub-section or sentence to
other persons, corporations or circumstances shall not be
affected thereby.

SEC. 2., And be it further enacted, That except as otherwise
provided herein all existing Acts or parts of Acts, Laws and
parts of Laws, Ordinances and parts of Ordinances, incon-
sistent herewith or contrary hereto, be and they are hereby
repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 3. 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 health, morals, safety and welfare
and being 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, the same shall take effect from the
date of its passage.

Approved May 18, 1937.

CHAPTER 214.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 27 of Bagby's Anno-
tated Code of Public General Laws of Maryland (1924 Edi-
tion), title "Crimes and Punishments", sub-title "The De-
partment of Welfare", said new section to be known as Sec-
tion 726A, and to follow immediately after Section 726 of
said Article, authorizing the Board of Welfare to accept
and apply in its prison programs or in their maintenance
such funds as may be offered to it by way of grant or loan