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the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and
welfare, and being passed by a yea and nay vote, supported
by three-fifths of all the members of the two Houses of
the General Assembly, the same shall take effect from the
date of its passage.

Approved May 13, 1936.

CHAPTER 114.

AN ACT to add a new sub-title "Alternative Construc-
tion of George Washington Memorial Bridge by State
Roads Commission, " containing new Sections 64P to
64EE, inclusive, to Article 89B of the 1935 Supplement
to the Annotated Code of Maryland (1924 Edition), title
"State Roads, " sub-title "George Washington Memorial
Bridge, " as said sections were enacted by Chapter 551 of
the Acts of the Regular Session of 1933, as amended and
supplemented by Chapter 34 of the Acts of the Extraor-
dinary Session of 1933 and by Chapter 535 of the Acts of
the Regular Session of 1935; providing for the construc-
tion, operation, and maintenance by the State Roads
Commission of a toll bridge and approaches thereto over
the Potomac River from a point in Charles County at or
near Ludlow's Ferry to a point approximately opposite
in the State of Virginia near Dalghren and Colonial
Beach; conferring powers and imposing duties on the
State Roads Commission, authorizing the acceptance of
a Federal grant and the issuance of its bridge revenue
bonds to pay the cost of said bridge and approaches, the
bonds to be payable from bridge earnings without obliga-
tion upon the State; making such bonds exempt
from taxation; providing for the collection of bridge
tolls for the payment of such bonds, and for the cost of
maintenance, operation and repair of the bridge; pre-
scribing conditions upon which such bridge shall become
free; providing that no debt of the State shall be in-
curred in the exercise of any of such powers; providing
for condemnation; and authorizing the issuance of bridge
revenue refunding bonds.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new sub-title, "Alternative Construction
of George Washington Memorial Bridge by State Roads