HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 885

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the first day of June, 1939.

Approved May 17, 1939.

CHAPTER 418.
(Senate Bill 410)

AN ACT legalizing the Annotated Code of Maryland, Edi-
tion of 1939, edited by Horace E. Flack, and making it
evidence of the law.

WHEREAS, A new edition, to be known as the edition of
1939, of the Annotated Code of Maryland, has been pre-
pared by Horace E. Flack and is now ready for publication;
and

WHEREAS, The said new edition includes all of the
statutes still in force contained in the 1924 edition of the
Annotated Code, legalized and made evidence of the law by
Chapter 219 of the Acts of 1924, and all of the statutes still
in force contained in the 1935 Supplement to the Annotated
Code, legalized and made evidence of the law by Chapter
110 of the Acts of 1935, and all of the Public General Laws
still in force contained in the Acts of the General Assembly
passed subsequent to the 1935 Supplement to the Anno-
tated Code, to wit, the Acts of the March and December
extraordinary Sessions of the General Assembly of 1936
and the Acts of the Regular and Extraordinary Sessions
of 1937;

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the Annotated Code of Maryland, edition
of 1939, edited by Horace E. Flack, be and the same is
hereby legalized and shall be deemed and taken in all the
courts of the State, and by all the Justices of the Peace of
the State, and by all public officials of the State, to be evi-
dence of the Public General Laws of the State contained in
the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland of 1888 and
the Public General Laws enacted subsequent thereto; pro-
vided that before said edition of 1939 is published, the
Public General Laws enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland at its session of 1939 shall be incorporated
therein.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1939.

Approved May 3, 1939.