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262B. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and the
Public Service Commission is hereby empowered to in-
spect all books, papers, records or charts of any character
of carriers to which this Act applies showing the sched-
ules, routes, trucks and operation of such carriers within
this State.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
not apply until January 1, 1934, to any motor vehicle for
which the Public Service Commission of Maryland has
issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity or
a permit as herein provided for the year 1933.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That should any sec-
tion or part of a section of this Act be held to be invalid
for any reason, such holding shall not be construed as
affecting the validity of any remaining section or part of
a section of this Act, it being the legislative intent that
the remainder of this Act shall stand, notwithstanding
the invalidity of such section or part of a section.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That this Act is an
emergency law and necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public health and safety, and for maintaining
the State Government and having been passed by a yea
and nay vote 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 April 21, 1933.

CHAPTER 283.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 24 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title
"Worcester County, " to be under sub-title "Elections, "
said new section to be known as Section 76A and to fol-
low immediately after Section 76 of said Article, to fix
the time when compensation shall be paid to the Board
of Supervisors of Election of Worcester County, their
clerk and attorney.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new section be and it is hereby added to