HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1663

ture from the Racing Fund by the Racing Organization
considered and treated herein as having made such deduc-
tion, in the manner and to the extent hereinabove set forth.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
and being passed upon 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 May 4, 1945.

CHAPTER 962.
(Senate Bill 354)

AN ACT to ratify and confirm the action of the
Maryland Racing Commission, taken on April 29, 1944,
requiring a deduction of one-half of one per centum of
the mutuel pool of racing licensees to be made as agent
of the said Commission, and the retention by the Commis-
sion of the fund so deducted until the 1945 Session of
the General Assembly of Maryland authorized the dis-
position under the supervision of the Commission of said
fund so collected.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the action of the Maryland Racing Commission taken
on April 29, 1944, and evidenced by its Resolution of that
date, said Resolution reading as follows:

"Be it resolved that, The Commission's Resolution of
April 11, 1944, as clarified on April 12,, 1944, and the
Commission's Resolution of July 5, 1938, authorizing a
1% additional take by the four major Racing Associa-
tions, be, and the same are hereby rescinded.

"Be it resolved that, effective April 12th and there-
after, the four Mile Racing Associations of Maryland,
be, and they are hereby authorized to take an additional
1/2% of the mutuel pool, provided that said additional
amount is all used towards the payment of the increase
in the average daily purse over and above the amount