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the immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
and being passed upon a yea and nay vote, supported by
three-fifths of all of 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 30, 1943.

CHAPTER 808.
(Senate Bill 393)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
187 of Article 2 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Anne Arundel County",
sub-title "Circuit Court", as said section was amended
by Chapter 345 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland of 1939, providing for the disposition of all
fines imposed and recognizances forfeited in Anne Arun-
del County.

•SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 187 of Article 2 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Anne
Arundel County", sub-title "Circuit Court", as said section
was amended by Chapter 345 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland of 1939, be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, so as to read
as follows:

187. One-half of the fines imposed and recognizances
forfeited to the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County
shall be paid to the clerk of said court to be expended
under the direction of the judge or judges of said court for
the augmentation of the library of said court, and for such
other purposes or expenses connected with the operation of
said court, including the salary of the librarian, as the
judge or judges of said court may find necessary or appro-
priate. All provisions of the Code of Public General Laws
and all acts or parts of acts heretofore or hereafter passed
making any application of fines and forfeitures or portions
therefor, inconsistent with the provisions of this section
shall be construed as meaning that in Anne Arundel County
one-half of such fines and forfeitures shall be paid to the
clerk of said court to be expended as provided in this sec-
tion and the other one-half shall be paid to the County
Commissioners of said County for the use of the County,