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chase. No land shall be purchased under the provisions of
this section until the approval of the Board of County Com-
missioners through resolution of that Board is received, and
in the case where land is to be purchased for library purposes,
the approval by resolution of the County Board of Education
shall also be required.
Any contract entered into or purchase made in violation
of the provisions of this section shall be null and void; pro-
vided, however, that nothing in this section shall apply in
the case of an emergency if the voucher therefor at the time of
payment has attached thereto a certificate of the Board, com-
mission, official or employee stating that the emergency exists
and describing the nature of the emergency.
Nothing in this section or in any other section of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Montgomery County not designating
the Montgomery County Liquor Control Board by name shall
apply to the purchase of alcoholic beverages by the Liquor
Control Board of said County.
190A. The said Board of County Commissioners for Mont-
gomery County shall have the full power and authority to
expend for public school purposes, any revenue accruing to
Montgomery County, or any authorization for emergency
funds, or any other legal authorization, which said Board in
its discretion shall deem necessary or any taxes which it may
levy, without limitation as to amount, for the purchase of land,
construction of buildings, purchase of equipment or mainte-
nance in the operation of the Public Schools of Montgomery
County.
SEC. 2. 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 23, 1941.
CHAPTER 925.
(House Bill 791)
AN ACT to repeal Section 2 of Chapter 372 of the Acts of
1916, and to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
235 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
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