ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1001

United States, or its duly constituted agencies, over the
waters of the State of Maryland. Nor shall this Act be
construed to amend or repeal any law of the State of
Maryland relating to the Public Service Commission, and
the State Department of Health of Maryland, relating to
water and water structures, or any act or parts of acts
not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act; nor shall
it be construed so as to impair any riparian or other
vested right. Nothing contained in this Act shall be con-
strued to amend, repeal, limit, impair or alter any right,
power or privilege heretofore granted by the General As-
sembly of Maryland to the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore, to appropriate or use any of the rivers; streams
or waters in the State of Maryland for the purpose of aug-
menting and improving the municipal water supply of
Baltimore City; nor shall it be construed to prohibit, limit,
impair or alter any particular use in existence on January
1, 1934, of any stream or body of water by any person,
partnership, association, or corporation, public or private,
unless such use is thereafter abandoned.

SEC, 16. And be it further enacted, That in the event
that any court of competent jurisdiction should declare any
section or part of a section of this Act to be invalid, the
remainder of the Act shall not be invalidated thereby, but
shall remain in full force and effect.

SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That this Act is in
addition to and not in substitution for any existing laws
of the State of Maryland.

SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from and after June 1, 1933.

Approved April 21, 1933.

CHAPTER 527.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
18 of Article 53 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1929 Supplement), title "Landlord and Tenant, " sub-
title "Distress for Rent, " as said section was amended
by Chapter 326 of the Acts of 1931, to exempt certain