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said persons. Provided, that any ordinance passed under
authority of this paragraph may provide that every such
person shall be entitled to credit for all service rendered
prior to January 1, 1926, and for one half of all service
rendered between January 1, 1926, and the date of admis-
sion to the said Employees' Retirement System; provided,
further, that any ordinance passed under authority hereof
shall provide that any such person who shall become
employed in, or associated with, any such cafeteria system
or department after the passage of said ordinance shall,
before becoming a member of the said Employees' Retire-
ment System of the City of Baltimore, first submit to a
medical examination similar to that required for employees
in the Classified Service of the City of Baltimore.

SEC. 2. 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 members elected to each of
the two Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 4, 1949.

CHAPTER 193

(Senate Bill 144)

AN ACT making appropriations for the support of the State
Government and for the aid of sundry schools and institu-
tions and for other purposes for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1950.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth and
subject to the Public General Laws of Maryland relating to
the Budget procedure, the several amounts hereinafter named
as "appropriations", or so much thereof as shall be sufficient
to accomplish the purposes designated, are hereby appro-
priated and authorized to be paid to the respective depart-
ments, boards, commissions and officers of the State, and to
the respective schools and institutions, and for the several
purposes specified, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1949,
and ending June 30, 1950, as hereinafter indicated.