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Houses of the General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved December 17, 1949.

CHAPTER 2
(Senate Bill 2)

AN ACT making an emergency appropriation for the pay-
ment of the expenses of the General Assembly of Maryland
for the Extraordinary Session of 1949.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars
($25,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and
the same is hereby appropriated as an emergency appropria-
tion from any funds in the General Surplus Fund Account
of the Treasury of the State for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1950, for the payment of the officers and employees of the
General Assembly of Maryland of the Extraordinary Session
of 1949 and for the expenses of said Session, including mile-
age of the members, printing, binding and miscellaneous ex-
penses.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That the Treasurer of
the State shall, upon the warrant of the Comptroller, dis-
burse the said sum of money herein appropriated for the ob-
jects and purposes herein specified, to or upon the order of
the person or persons entitled to receive the same.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety, and
having been passed by 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 of Maryland, the same shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved December 17, 1949.

CHAPTER 3

(Senate Bill 4)

AN ACT to add a new sub-section to Section 7 of Article 72
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1947 Supplement),
title "Oysters and Clams", said new sub-section to be