1664 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 962

of the average daily purses paid by each of said tracks,
respectively, in 1937. The allowance of this 1/2% addi-
tional take and its application to the payment of purse in-
creases shall be subject to change or repeal by the Com-
mission at any time, but shall continue in effect until
further order of the Commission.

"Be it resolved that, effective as of April 12, 1944, and
thereafter, until the further order of the Commission,
each of the four Mile Racing Associations, at any meet
which they shall respectively hold, shall as agents, col-
lect for the Maryland Racing Commission an additional
1/2% of the mutuel pool, and shall deposit such addi-
tional 1/2 % daily as agents, to the order of the Maryland
Racing Commission, in such depository or depositories
as may, from time to time, be designated by the Com-
mission.

Be it further resolved that, the 1% additional take
so collected by the tracks as agents for the Commission,
shall be held by the Maryland Racing Commission until
the 1945 Regular Session of the General Assembly of
Maryland shall authorize the disposition under the
supervision of the Maryland Racing Commission, of said
funds so collected. "
be and the same is hereby ratified, confirmed and validated.

SEC 2. And be it further enacted, That all funds which
have been heretofore collected, pursuant to said Resolution
of April 29, 1944, accounting from April 12, 1944, to the
effective date of this Act, and which are held by the Com-
mission, shall be added by the Commission to the Racing
Fund provided for by Section 11A of Article 78B of the
Code as added by the 1945 Regular Session of the General
Assembly of Maryland, and shall be held and disposed of
by the Commission pursuant to the provisions of said
Section 11A.

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, sup-
ported 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.