428 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 392

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety and,
having been 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 392.
(House Bill 186)

A N ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 97A
of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edi-
tion), title "Public Education", sub-title "Teachers' Retire-
ment System", as said section was enacted by Chapter 468
of the Acts of 1941, eliminating the provision relating to
Life Certificates on a State-wide basis and also enlarging
the pension coverage of said section to include certain
teachers and/or clerks in Washington County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted T)y the General Assembly of Mary
land, That Section 97A of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Public Education", sub-title
"Teachers7 Retirement System", as said section was enacted
by Chapter 468 of the Acts of 1941, be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

97A. Any person who

(1) shall have been a teacher in the public schools of this
State for an aggregate period of twenty-five (25) years or
more prior to June 1, 1927; and who, in the case of Washing-
ton County, shall have been a teacher, or a clerk, or both,
whether at the same time or at different times, for a period
of twenty-five years or more, prior to June 1, 1927; and who

(2) shall be ineligible for a pension under this sub-title;
and who

(3) shall be at least sixty (60) years of age; and

(4) whose record as such teacher shall be without reproach;
and who

(5) shall be unable to teach school because of physical dis-
ability or infirmity; and who