648 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

WHEREAS, It is contemplated by said Com mission to extend
its investigation throughout the State of Maryland and to con-
tinue its study of the vice problem, including venereal diseases
and their relation and effect upon the community at large, but
is unable to do so by the lack of funds; and,

WHEREAS, The work of said Commission shall be of great
benefit and advantage to the people of this State; now, therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) be
and the same is hereby appropriated for the use of the said
.State-Wide Vice Commission of Maryland, to be paid by the
Treasurer of the State of Maryland out of any monies in the
State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, upon the warrant
of the Comptroller.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10th, 1914.

CHAPTER 405.

AN ACT to legalize the Code of Public Local Laws of Worcester
County as codified by John W. Staton under the provisions of
the Acts "of 1912, Chapter 450.

WHEREAS, Pursuant to the provisions of the Acts of 1912,
Chapter 450, John W. Staton has codified all local laws of Wor-
cester County, including those passed by the General Assembly
of Maryland of 1912, which codification has been filed with and
accepted by the County Commissioners of Worcester County in
accordance with said Act.

. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, Article
24, title "Worcester County," as codified by John W. Staton
under the provisions of the Acts of 1912, Chapter 450, be and
the same is hereby legalized and shall be deemed and taken in
all Courts of this State and by all Justices of the Peace of this
State and by all public officers of this State to be evidence of
the Public Local Laws of Worcester County as contained in
Article 24 of the Code of Public Local Laws of 1888, title "Wor-
cester County," and the Public Local Laws applicable to said
County passed subsequent thereto, except as repealed or modi-
fied by any Act of the General Assembly of 1914.