46 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 14

Article 8 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1930 Edition), title "Cecil County, " sub-title "Port De-
posit, " said new section to be known as Section 372A, to
follow immediately after Section 372 of said Article, and
to read as follows:

372A. The President and Commissioners shall have the
power to acquire, by purchase or condemnation, such land
on the waterfront, or adjacent thereto, for flood control
and for wharves as may be deemed necessary, beneficial and
convenient for the best interests of the town; provided,
however, that no land essential and necessary for the op-
eration of a railroad authorized to operate or operating
in this State, shall be subject to appropriation under ex-
ercise of the power of eminent domain for any of the pur-
poses hereof.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
and having been passed upon by a yea and nay vote, sup-
ported 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 29, 1936.

CHAPTER 14.

AN ACT to declare the sanction and consent of the General
Assembly of Maryland to sundry gifts, bequests and de-
vises contained in the Last Wills and Testaments of cer-
tain 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, vestries, educational and char-
itable institutions, churches, denominations or sects here-
inafter named.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the sanction and consent of the said General
Assembly 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 cer-