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Commerce of the United States of America and provided,
further, that nothing in this Act shall apply to the receipt
possession and use of signals required for the safe operation
of vessels, motor vehicles, railroad cars or aircraft, by the
operators of such vessels, motor vehicles, railroad cars and
aircraft.

254. Duration. This Act and all lawful regulations made
under it shall be in force until May 15, 1945, and thereafter
whenever the United States is at war; Provided, any violation
of this Act, committed while the Act is in force, may be pro-
secuted and punished thereafter, whether or not this Act is in
force at the time of such prosecution and punishment.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any provision
of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circum-
stances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other
provisions or applications of the Act which can be given effect
without the invalid provision or application, and to this end
the provisions of this Act are declared to be severable.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That any and all other
laws or parts of laws whether general or local, inconsistent
with the provisions of this Act, be and the same are hereby
repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act may be
cited as the "Explosives Act. "

SEC. 5. 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 900.
(House Bill 603)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments, Sections B
and 5 of Article 88B of the Annotated Code of Maryland