28 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 11

248. The County Commissioners of Calvert County are
hereby authorized to levy and appropriate annually sufficient
funds to defray any costs incurred by it in carrying into
effect the provisions of Section 247 and for the establishment
of new bus routes for transporting children to and from the
public schools of said County, if in their discretion the
Board of Education or the Board of County Commissioners
deem it desirable to establish new routes, and to purchase
additional buses, for such transportation. The transportation
of children to and from schools not receiving State aid shall
be upon such reasonable terms and conditions as the Board
of Education may from time to time determine, but in no
event shall the amount charged children attending such
schools for using said buses or conveyances be greater or
less than the amount charged children attending the public
schools for the same kind of transportation.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That before the pro-
visions of this Act shall become effective, the County Com-
missioners of Calvert County shall submit the question to the
qualified voters of said County at the general election to be
held in said County in November, 1948. Printed on the
ballots at said election shall appear the words "For providing
transportation to children attending parochial schools", and
"Against providing transportation to children attending
parochial schools", with a blank square opposite and to the
right of each set of said words. The voter shall indicate his
choice by making a cross mark (X) in one of said blank
squares. If a majority of the persons voting on said question
shall cast their ballots marked "For providing transportation
to children attending parochial schools",. then this Act shall
be immediately of full force and effect, but if a majority of
the persons voting on said question shall cast their ballots
marked "Against providing transportation to children attend-
ing parochial schools", then this Act shall be void and of no
effect.

SEC. 3. 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 of 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.