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ment they shall be discharged by the Governor. All members
of said organization, when called into service of the State as
herein provided, shall be equipped and paid by the State and
shall be protected in the discharge of their duties and in obey-
ing the orders of the Governor as though a part of the National
Guard of the State.

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 public safety, and being passed upon
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 June 27th, 1917.

CHAPTER 28.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 23 of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland (Bagby's Edition), title
"Corporations," to be known as Section 143A, to authorize
land companies, homestead and building associations or any
association formed for the purpose of lending money or using
the corporate funds for the purpose of buying, selling and
lending upon mortgages, leasing or otherwise dealing in real
or leasehold estate, to buy, hold or lend upon United States
bonds and bonds of the State of Maryland...

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new section be and the same is hereby added
to Article 23 of the Code of Public General Laws of Mary-
land (Bagby's Edition), title "Corporations," to be known as
Section 143A, and to read as follows:

Section 143A. It shall be lawful for any land company,
homestead or building association or any association formed
for the purpose of lending money or using the corporate funds