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within which such offense is committed, by a fine not exceed-
ing $100 or imprisonment for thirty days in the county jail,
or both, in the discretion of the Court or Justice. Where such
act or omission is of a continuing nature and is persisted in
in violation of the provisions of this Act. or of any rule or
regulation formulated thereunder, a conviction for one offense
shall not be a bar to a conviction for a continuation of such
offense subsequent to the first or any succeeding conviction.

SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this
Act shall be taken or construed to abate, terminate or in any
other manner affect any proceedings which have been conducted
and carried on under the provisions of Chapter 197 of the
Acts of 1916, as amended by Chapter 35 of the Acts of 1922, or
any certificates of indebtedness issued or to be issued there-
under, or under any other existing law at the passage of this
Act, but such proceedings begun thereunder and which are
pending at the passage of this Act shall be prosecuted and con-
cluded in the same manner as if this Act had not been passed.
And provided further, that the provisions of this Act shall not
apply to the water and sewerage systems as established and be-
longing to the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, or its subsidi-
aries at Sparrows Point.

SEC. 20. And be it further enacted, That all Acts or parts
of Acts, general or local, inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of
such inconsistency, provided that nothing contained in this
Act shall affect or restrict any control which the State Board
of Health of Maryland is empowered by law to exercise in any
part of this State. And provided that nothing in this Act shall
be construed to repeal or in any other manner affect the au-
thority, rights, privileges and powers granted to the City of
Baltimore under the provisions of Chapter 349 of the Acts of
the General Assembly of 1904 and Chapter 214 of the Acts of
the General Assembly of 1908, and any amendments thereto,
which said authority, rights, privileges and powers are hereby
ratified and confirmed.

SEC. 21. 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 health and safety, and being
passed upon by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths
of all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the