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persons now or hereafter in the military service of the United
States by said Act or any subsequent Acts of Congress.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any one or more
sections, clauses, sentences or parts of this Act shall for any
reason be questioned in any court, and shall be adjudged
unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
impair or invalidate the remaining provisions thereof, but
shall be confined in its operation to the specific provisions so
held unconstitutional or invalid, and the inapplicability or in-
validity 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.

SEC. 4. 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 being
passed by 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 April 28, 1941.

CHAPTER 711.
(House Bill 781)

AN ACT to repeal Section 1029 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Montgomery County (1939 Edition—being Article
16 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title
"Montgomery County", sub-title "Sewerage and Drainage
Commission", and to enact in lieu thereof ten new sec-
tions, to be known as Sections 1029 to 1029-1, inclusive, re-
lating to the construction of cesspools, septic tanks, privies
or other plants or devices for the disposal of human excreta
in Montgomery County and relating1 to the inspection ami
approval thereof and the issuance of permits therefor.

SECTION-1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 1029 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Montgomery County (1939 Edition—being Article 16 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Montgomery
County", sub-title "Sewerage and Drainage Commission", be
and it is hereby repealed; and that ten new sections be and
they are hereby enacted in lieu thereof, said new sections to be