356 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 176

passed upon a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all
of the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General
Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of its pas-
sage.

Approved April 9, 1924.

CHAPTER 176.

AN ACT making appropriations for the support of the State
Government and for the aid of sundry schools and institu-
tions and for other purposes for the fiscal years ending re-
spectively on September 30th, 1925, on September 30th,
1926, and on September 30th, 1927.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth the
several amounts hereinafter named as "appropriations, " or so
much thereof as shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes
designated, are hereby appropriated and authorized to be paid
to the respective departments, boards, commissions and officers
of the State, and to the respective schools and institutions, and
for the several purposes specified, for the fiscal year beginning
October 1, 1924, and ending September 30th. 1925, and for
the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1925, and ending Septem-
ber 30th, 1926, and for the fiscal year beginning October 1,
1926, and ending September 30th, 1927, as hereinafter indi-
cated.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every department,
board, commission, officer or institution receiving an appropria-
tion hereunder shall notify the Comptroller at least ten days
before the end of the fiscal year for which such appropriation
is made, whether and to what extent the unexpended balance
of such appropriation, if any there will be at the end of said
fiscal year, is needed to meet obligations incurred during that
year and which will be unpaid at the end thereof. Any unex-
pended balance of such appropriation, against which there will
be no such outstanding obligations at the end of the fiscal year,
shall revert to the Treasury of the State at the end of the
fiscal year; provided, however, that appropriations for the
acquisition of land, buildings, equipment and new construction
shall be available for such purposes subsequent to the fiscal
year for which the same are made, if approval of the Governor
is obtained before the end of such fiscal year; otherwise such