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shall be known under the title and designated "State Depart-
ment of Health," and the Secretary of the said Btfard shall be
known under the title and designated "Secretary of the De-
partment of Health."

21I. For the purpose of making effective the provisions of
this Act the sum of twenty thousand dollars per annum, or as
much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, pay-
able by the Treasurer of the State upon warrant of the Comp-
troller, at such times and in such sums as may be authorized
by the State Board of Health upon presentation of the proper
voucher.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all Acts and parts of Acts
inconsistent with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from and after the date of its passage.

Approved April 13th, 1910, with the exception of the provi-
sion or item contained in the above-mentioned Code, Section
21I, named by the following item, to wit: "the sum of twenty
thousand dollars per annum or as much thereof as may be nec-
essary is hereby appropriated payable by the Treasurer of the
State upon warrant of the Comptroller at such times and in
such sums as may be authorized by the State Board of Health
upon presentation of the proper voucher," which said item is
approved to the amount and extent of ten thousand dollars per
annum or as much thereof as may be necessary, and it is dis-
approved ' to the amount or extent of ten thousand dollars
thereof.

CHAPTER 722.

AN ACT to provide for the registration and licensing of mid-
wives in the State of Maryland, and to provide certain educa-
tional qualifications for persons practicing as midwives, and
for other purposes connected with the better preservation of
public health, by adding certain additional sections to Arti-
cle 43 of the Code of Public General Laws, title "Health,"
sub-title "Infectious Diseases," said section to follow imme-
diately after Section 55 of said Article 43 and to be desig-
nated as Sections 55A, 55B, 55c, 55D, 55E, 55F, 55G, 55H, 55 i,
55j, 55K, 55L, 55M, 55N, 55o.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That certain additional sections be and the same are here-
by added to Article 43 of the Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland, to follow immediately after Section 55 of said Arti-
cle 43 and to be designated as Sections 55A, 55B, 55C, 55D, 55E,
55F, 55G, 55H, 55I 55j, 55K, 55L, 55M, 55N, 55o.