42 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 8

SEC. 5. 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
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 March 16, 1944.

CHAPTEE 8.
(Senate Bill No. 14)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Chapter
379 of the Laws of Maryland of 1931, which authorizes the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to issue certificates of
indebtedness of said corporation to an amount not exceed-
ing Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) for erecting
a building to house the People's Court and the Juvenile
Court of Baltimore City; and to authorize the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore to issue certificates of indebted-
ness of said corporation to an amount not exceeding Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), the proceeds of the
same to be expended for the purpose of acquiring by pur-
chase or condemnation land in the City of Baltimore and
erecting thereon a building in which to house the People's
Court of Baltimore City and purchasing the necessary
equipment and furniture for said Court; and for the purpose
of erecting such other building or buildings as the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore shall by ordinance or ordi-
nances provide.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Chapter 379 of the Laws of Maryland of 1931 is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

That the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore be and it is
hereby authorized to issue the certificates of indebtedness of
said corporation to an amount not exceeding Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($500,000), said certificates of indebtedness
to be issued from time to time and for such amounts, and
payable at such periods, and to bear such rate -or rates of
interest, all as the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall
by ordinance or ordinances from time to time provide; but no
certificates of indebtedness shall be issued in whole or in