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from the target, distant 18,000 yards and to be the center of
rectangle 200 yards by 120 yards; and to the erection of sig-
nal lowers at each corner of the rectangle surrounding the
target moorings, and of permanent ship moorings at each
corner of the rectangle surrounding the firing point, and the
jurisdiction of the State of Maryland over a radius of two
hundred yards surrounding the range lowers and target moor-
ings is hereby ceded to the United States so long as the calibra-
tion range is maintained. Other areas within the range shall
be opened to duly licensed citixens at all times when the range
is not being used for calibration practice, of which due notice
shall be given by the United States.

SEC. 2. 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 April 9. 1920.

CHAPTER 538.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments. Section 154
of Article 23 of the Code of Public Civil Laws of Mary-
land. title " Corporations," sub-title ''Insurance Com-
panies." providing f'or the formation of corporations for
insurance purposes; and further to amend said Article 23,
title and sub-title as aforesaid, by repealing Sections 154A
to 154Y, both inclusive, and enacting in lieu thereof
twenty-one new sections, to follow consecutively imme-
diately after Section 154, and to be known, respectively,
as Sections 154A, 154K, 154C. 154D. 154E, 154F, 154G,
154H, 154I, 154J. 154K, 154L, 154M, 154N, 154O, 154P,
154Q, 154R, 154S, 154T and 154U; anid new sections pro-
viding for the licensing, admission, regulation and taxa-
tion of incorporated mutual insurance companies, other
than life ; providing penalties for violation thereof, and
repealing all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict therewith.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land. That Section 154 of Article 21 of the Code of Public