1508 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 714

District Councils of the Maryland-Washington Metropolitan
District or by the Commission under Sections 19 to 23, in-
clusive, of Chapter 448 of the Laws of Maryland of 1927 and
the amendments thereof, being Sections 603 to 607, inclusive,
of Article 16 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1930 Edition), title "Montgomery County", sub-title "Mary-
land- Washington Metropolitan District", and Sections 738 to
742, inclusive, of Article 17 of said Code title "Prince George's
County", sub-title "Maryland-Washington Metropolitan Dis-
trict", are hereby approved, ratified and confirmed notwith-
standing any defect in the procedure following in the enact-
ment, adoption, making or taking of such ordinance, regula-
tion, resolution, amendment or change, report, zoning map
or other zoning action or any failure to strictly conform to or
comply with the procedure specified in said sections, provided,
however, that this paragraph shall not apply to any zoning
amendment which was the subject of litigation of record on
January 1, 1939.

In the event that by decree of court the provisions of Section
29 of this Act for a three (3c) cent tax should be permanently
enjoined or otherwise invalidated so that the Boards of County
Commissioners of Montgomery and Prince George's Counties
can no longer levy and collect the three (3c) cent tax as pro-
vided for in said Section 29, then and thenceforth the above
repeal of Section 5 of Chapter 448 of the Laws of Maryland
of 1927 shall terminate and said repeal shall then and thence-
forth be treated as no longer in effect, and then and thence-
forth said Section 5 of said Chapter 448 shall be deemed re-
enacted and in full force and effect.

SEC. 33. And be it further enacted, That if any word, phrase,
clause, sentence, or other part or parts of this Act shall be
held unconstitutional, such unconstitutionality shall not affect
the validity of the remaining parts of this Act or of all other
sections thereof. The General Assembly hereby declares that
it would have passed the remaining parts of this Act or any
section thereof, if it had known such word, phrase, clause,
sentence, part or parts or section would be declared uncon-
stitutional.

SEC. 34. And be it further enacted, That except as other-
wise provided herein, all Acts or parts of Acts or laws and
parts of laws inconsistent herewith or contrary hereto be and
the same are hereby repealed to extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 35. 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 health and safety, and having