1536 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 857

thereof to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, to be
used for the elimination of railroad grade crossings within
the limits of said City, and the balance to be credited to
the account of the State Roads Commission of Maryland,
to be paid out of the Treasury of the State, only upon the
warrant of the Comptroller, and to be used in any given
year first to the extent required by Section 140K of Arti-
cle 89B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition)
as added by Section 2 of this Act with respect to servicing
the revenue bonds therein mentioned and thereafter for
the elimination of railroad grade crossings, as provided by
Sections 27 to 38, both inclusive, of Article 89B of the
Annotated Code of Maryland, or for the re-location of
roads for the purpose of accomplishing the elimination of
railroad grade crossings, and the reconstruction and re-
location of bridge structures and the construction or re-con-
struction of major projects in the State System of Roads
as provided in the Budget Bill.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law necessary for1 the
immediate preservation of the public safety and health,
and being passed upon the 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 May 2, 1941.

CHAPTER 857.
(Senate Bill 266)

AN ACT to add thirteen new sections to Article 16 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title
"Chancery", to be under new sub-title "Uniform Absent
Persons Act", said new sections to be known as Sections
280A to 280M and to follow immediately after Section
280 of said Article, and to repeal and re-enact, with
amendments, Section 13 of Article 45 of said Code, title
"Husband and Wife", and to repeal and re-enact, with
amendments, Section 243 of Article 93 of said Code, title
"Testamentary Law", sub-title "Orphans' Court", re-
lating to absence as evidence of death and the disposi-
tion of property of absent persons under certain cir-
cumstances.