1308 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 554

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Board of Edu-
cation for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this
Act are hereby authorized and empowered to acquire either by
purchase or condemnation any land in their opinion suitable
for school sites, and provided further that in the event that
said Board of Education is unable to agree with the owner or
owners of any land deemed by them necessary to carry out the
provisions of this Act, the Board of Education is hereby au-
thorized and empowered to proceed to condemn said land for
the purpose of this Act in accordance with the laws of the State
of Maryland relating to condemnation.

SEC. 9. 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 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 passage.

Approved April 11, 1929.

CHAPTER 554.

AN ACT to declare the sanction and consent of the General
Assembly of Maryland to sundry gifts, bequests and devises
contained in the last wills and testaments of certain persons,
deceased, and also to certain gifts, grants, sales, leases and
deeds made by various persons to and for the use and benefit
of sundry ministerial persons, religious corporations, ves-
tries, educational and charitable institutions, churches, de-
nominations or sects hereinafter named.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the sanction and consent of said General As-
sembly of Maryland be and the same is hereby declared, given
and granted to the following gifts, bequests, devises, grants,
sales, leases, conveyances and deeds, to and from certain per-
sons and bodies corporate to and for the use of certain min-
isterial persons, religious and educational corporations, orders,
denominations and sects, and to certain charitable institutions
hereinafter named as herein set forth: