26 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 10

of Education shall notify the said County Commissioners of
Washington County of the sum or sums of money then due,
and shall accompany said written notification with the
certificate of the supervising architect that the work and
labor have been performed and materials furnished according
to the terms of the contract, and that said sums of money
are due and payable, the said County Commissioners of Wash-
ington County shall pay to the said Board of Education out
of the School Improvement Fund, the said sum of money so
certified to be due and payable, not exceeding, however, the
total amount then held in the School Improvement Fund.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted. That the County Com-
missioners of Washington County and the Board of Educa-
tion of Washington County are hereby authorized and em-
powered to accept from any Federal or State agency grants
for, or in aid of the construction, alteration, reconditioning,
furnishing and equipping of school buildings in said Wash-
ington County and the erection of additions thereto, includ-
ing the purchase of land, and to make such contracts con-
taining such terms, provisions and conditions as in the dis-
cretion of said County Commissioners or said Board of Edu-
cation, as the case may be, may seem necessary, proper and
advisable for the purpose of obtaining or securing grants or
financial assistance from any Federal or State agency willing
to extend the same in furtherance of the purposes of this Act.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of
this Act shall be construed as additional and supplementary
to and not in substitution for or in conflict with any of the
provisions of the General Laws of this State relating to public
schools and the powers of the State Superintendent of
Schools, in regard to the plans, construction and erection of
public school buildings.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That Chapter 1075 of the
Acts of 1945 be and it is hereby repealed.

SEC. 9. 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 of Maryland, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved June 1, 1948.