1354 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 652

SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That if any section,
clause or provision of this Act should be declared by a Court
of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or inopera-
tive, such decision shall not affect any other section, clause
or provision of this Act, is being hereby declared that the sev-
eral sections, clauses and provisions of this Act are severable,
and that the remainder of this Act would have been enacted
had the General Assembly known such section, clause or pro-
vision was unconstitutional or inoperative.

SEC. 20. 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 safety and health, and being
passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths (3/5)
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 April 26, 1939.

CHAPTER 652.

(House Bill 685)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 35
of Article 101 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1935
Supplement), title "Workmen's Compensation", sub-title
"Application of Article; Extra-Hazardous Employments",
providing that the officers and enlisted men of the organized
militia of the State shall be deemed workmen of the State
for wages within the meaning of said section.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 35 of Article 101 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1935 Supplement), title "Workmen's Compen-
sation", sub-title "Application of Article; Extra-Hazardous
Employments", be and the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

35. Whenever the State, county, city or any municipality
shall engage in any extra-hazardous work, within the meaning
of this Article, whether for pecuniary gain or otherwise, in
which workmen are employed for wages, this Article shall be
applicable thereto. In time of peace and while engaged in
military service all officers and enlisted men of the organized
militia of the State of Maryland shall be deemed workmen of