330 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 311

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 30, 1943.

CHAPTER 311.
(House Bill 53)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, sub-section
5 of Section 106B of Article 48A of Flack's Annotated Code
of Maryland (1939 Edition), as amended 'by Chapter 904 of
the Acts of 1941, title "Insurance", sub-title "Life, Accident
and Health Insurance'', relating to exceptions of non-profit
hospitalization insurance.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That sub-section 5 of Section 106B of Article 48A of
Flack's Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), as
amended by Chapter 904 of the Acts of 1941, title "Insurance",
sub-title "Life, Accident and Health Insurance'', be and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

106B. 5. This section shall not apply to:

(a) Life insurance, endowment or annuity contracts or con-
tracts supplemental thereto which contain only such provisions
relating to accident and health insurance as (a) provide addi-
tional benefits in case of death by accidental means and as
(b) operate to safeguard such contracts against lapse, or to
give a special surrender value or special benefit or an annuity
in the event that the insured or annuitant shall become totally
and permanently disabled as defined by the contract or supple-
mental contract.

(b) Any policy or contract of group or blanket accident or
health insurance.

(e) Any policy or contract of insurance covering weekly
disability benefits on which premiums are payable weekly.

(d) Any policy or contract of insurance issued by fraternal
benefit societies or associations.