1702 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 984

this sub-title shall not apply to any tenant or lessee of a trailer
owned, operated or maintained by the United States of America
or any agency thereof, and covered by said agreement or con-
tract.

486E. The term "trailer77 as used in this sub-title means any
structure of whatsoever kind or nature, utilized or capable of
being utilized as the habitation or living quarters of any per-
son or person^, which said structure is not in any manner what-
soever connected with the land on which it stands, except
that connections for water, sewage and other similar facilities
shall not be deemed a connection with the land within the
definition herein set forth. The provisions of this sub-title
shall be liberally construed in favor of the County Commis-
sioners of Anne Arundel County, and nothing herein contained
in any manner shall be held to require a restriction of the
licensing provisions of this sub-title only to automobile trailers
or similar trailers, but this sub-title shall apply to all structures
within the definition herein set forth.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any provision,
clause, sentence, phrase, or part of this Act, or the application
thereof to any person, firm or corporation or circumstances,
is held invalid, the remainder of this sub-title and the applica-
tion of such provisions to other persons, firms and corporations
and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1943.

Approved May 6, 1943.

CHAPTER 984.
(House Bill 533)

AN ACT to repeal Section 12 of Article 36 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Fees of Officers77,
sub-title "Clerks of Court77, and to enact in lieu thereof a
new section, to be known as Section 12, and to follow imme-
diately after Section 11 of said Article, providing for the
charges which may be made by Clerks of Court throughout
the State for the performance of their duties.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 12 of Article 36 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Fees of Officers77, sub-title