296 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 36

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an act dealing with an acute emer-
gency and to be legislation in the general public welfare,
and further, that it is an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
and having been passed by 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 March 28, 1950.

CHAPTER 36

(Senate Bill 98)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tions 28 and 40 (a) of Article 89 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Statistics and
Information," sub-title "Bureau of Mines," said Sec-
tion 40 (a) having been amended by Chapter 305 of
the Acts of 1949, and to add a new section to said
Article 89, said new section to be known as Section 21
and to follow immediately after Section 20 of said
Article, amending and revising the mining laws.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 28 and 40 (a) of Article 89 of the An-
notated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Statis-
tics and Information," sub-title "Bureau of Mines/' said
Section 40 (a) having been amended by Chapter 305 of
the Acts of 1949, be and they are hereby repealed and
re-enacted, and that a new section be and it is hereby
added to said Article 89, said new section to be known as
Section 21, to follow immediately after Section 20 of
said Article, and all to read as follows:

21. The Governor shall apppoint three (3) persons
who shall constitute a Commission to be known as the
"Maryland Commission on Mining Laws." One of the
three members shall be a representative of the mine
operators, one shall be a representative of the mine em-

EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike-out indicates matter stricken out of bill.