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to enact in lieu thereof a new Section 449, relating to the
rights of way to be acquired in connection with the con-
struction or improvement of county roads in Harford
County and exempting second, third and fourth class roads
from the requirement of a forty-foot right of way, and to
make it an emergency measure to take effect from the date
of its passage.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 449 of Article 13 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "Harford County", sub-title
"Roads", as the same is contained in Higinbothom's Code
of 1942 (legalized by Chapter 160 of the Acts of 1943), be
and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

449. Whenever a new section of county road is to be built
or an existing section improved, a right of way must be first
secured therefor of a minimum width of forty (40) feet, plus
slopes and drainage areas. Said right of way must be pro-
cured in such manner as to pass the title to the land so
acquired and the same, together with the plat thereof^
recorded among the Land Records of Harford County. The
County Commissioners shall have the right and power to
dispense with obtaining the right of way required by this
section in the case of county roads classified as of secondary
or less importance by the State Planning Commission.

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 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.

CHAPTER 35

(Senate Bill 41)

AN ACT to add one new section to Article 27 of the Code
of Public General Laws of Maryland (1939 Edition), title
"Crimes and Punishments", sub-title "Sabbath Breaking",
said new section to follow immediately after Section 576A
of said Article and to be designated as Section 576B, to
authorize the exhibition of motion pictures within the corpo-
rate limits of the Town of Mt. Airy, Carroll County, be-