1768 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 992

termination, plan, map, plat or other action may be amended^
repealed, revoked or otherwise changed under and in accord-
ance with the provisions of this Act. Nothing contained in
this or any other section of this Act shall be deemed or con-
strued to validate, ratify, legalize or make conforming any
building, structure or use which was, is or may hereafter be
unlawful or prohibited under the provisions of any ordinance,
order, regulation, resolution, adoption, certification, decision,
determination, plan, map, plat or other action enacted,
adopted, made or taken by the Boards of County Commis-
sioners or District Councils of Montgomery County or Prince
George's County or by the Commission or by a Board of Zoning
Appeals or by any other body or official under the authority
of any one or more of the above repealed sections, previous to
the taking effect of its or their repeal.

Any zoning ordinance, regulation, resolution, amendment
or change, report, zoning map or other zoning action hereto-
fore enacted, adopted, made or taken by the Board of County
Commissioners of Montgomery County or the Board of
County Commissioners of Prince George's County as respec-
tively the District Councils of the Maryland-Washington
Metropolitan District or |>y the Commission under Sections
19 to 23, inclusive, of Chapter 448 of the Laws of Maryland
of 1927 and the amendments thereof, being Sections 603 to
607, inclusive, of Article 16 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Montgomery County",
sub-title "Maryland-Washington Metropolitan District", and
Sections 738 to 742, inclusive, of Article 17 of said Code, title
"Prince George's County", sub-title "Maryland-Washington
Metropolitan District", are hereby approved, ratified and con-
firmed notwithstanding any defect in the procedure following
in the enactment, adoption, making or taking of such ordi-
nance, regulation, resolution, amendment or change, report,
zoning map or other zoning action or any failure to strictly
conform to or comply with the procedure specified in said
sections, provided, however, that this paragraph shall not
apply to any zoning amendment which was the subject of
litigation of record on January 1, 1939.

In the event that by decree of court the provisions of Sec-
tion 2CC of this Act for a three cent (3^) tax should be perma-
nently enjoined or otherwise invalidated so that the Boards
of County Commissioners of Montgomery and Prince George's
Counties can no longer levy and collect the three cent (3^)
tax as provided for in said section, then and thenceforth
the above repeal of Section 5 of Chapter 448 of the Laws of
Maryland of 1927 shall terminate and said repeal shall then
and thenceforth be treated as no longer in effect, and then
and thenceforth said Section 5 of said Chapter 448 shall be
deemed reenacted and in full force and effect.