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taxation which may be owned by said Corporation, its les-
sees, successors or assigns, apart from and in addition to
the property hereinabove, specifically exempted from such
taxation, but any and all land, water rights, and other real
property, and the improvements therein, at any time ac-
quired and held by said Corporation, its lessees, successors
and assigns, apart from and in addition to said bridge, the
ways and approaches thereto, and appurtenant structures,
shall be subject to assessment and taxation for county and
State purposes as other real estate is now or may hereafter
be taxed by law.

SECTION 3. Be it further enacted, That Section 9 of
Chapter 551 of the Acts of 1933 of the General Assembly of
Maryland be and it hereby is repealed and re-enacted with
amendments so as to read as follows:

SEC. 9. That none of the provisions contained in Sections
153 to 160 inclusive of Article 23 of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws of this State shall be deemed to be applicable to
said bridge or to said Corporation, its successors and as-
signs with respect thereto.

SECTION 4. Be it further enacted, That if any section,
clause or provision of this act shall be unconstitutional or
be ineffective in whole or in part to the extent that it is not
unconstitutional or ineffective it shall be valid and effective,
and no other section, clause or provision shall on account
thereof be deemed invalid or ineffective and the inapplica-
bility or invalidity of any section, clause or provision of this
act in any one or more instances shall not be taken to affect
or prejudice in any way its applicability or validity in any
other instance.

SECTION 5. Be it further enacted, That this act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the im-
mediate preservation of the public health and safety and
having been 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 December 15, 1933.