WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 683

discipline and government of the Roman Catholic
Church, a corporation sole, as defined by Chapter 308
of the Acts of 1832 and Acts supplemental thereto or
amendatory thereof, and to the Roman Catholic Arch-
bishop of Washington for the time being and his suc-
cessors in office according to the discipline and govern-
ment of the Roman Catholic Church, a corporation sole,
as defined in Private Law 319 of the 80th Congress,
being Chapter 353 of the Second Session of the 80th
Congress, in the Counties of Calvert, Charles, Mont-
gomery, Prince George's and St. Mary's in the State of
Maryland to which specific consent and sanction may
not have been given prior to the adoption of the amend-
ments to Article 38 of the Bill of Rights of the Con-
stitution of Maryland on the second day of November,
1948. as provided by Chapter 623 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland, 1947 Session.

SECTION!. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the sanction and consent of said General Assembly
be and the same is hereby declared given and granted to
any gifts, bequests, devises, grants, sales, leases, con-
veyances or deeds to and from any persons and bodies
corporate to and for the use of the Roman Catholic Arch-
bishop of Baltimore for the time being and his successors,
according to the discipline and government of the Roman
Catholic Church, a corporation sole, as defined by Chap-
ter 308 of the Acts of 1832 and Acts supplemental thereto
or amendatory thereof, and to the Roman Catholic Arch-
bishop of Washington for the time being and his succes-
sors in office according to the discipline and government
of the Roman Catholic Church, a corporation sole, as
defined in Private Law 319 of the 80th Congress, being
Chapter 353 of the Second Session of the 80 Congress, in
the Counties of Calvert, Charles, Montgomery, Prince
George's and St. Mary's in the State of Maryland which
required the sanction and consent of the General Assembly
of Maryland under the provisions of Article 38 of the
Declaration of Rights of the Constitution of Maryland prior
to the amendment of said Article by the adoption of a
Constitutional amendment at the General Election held
on the second day of November, 1948, as provided by
Chapter 623 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary-
land, 1947 Session, which may not have been specifically
sanctioned or consented to by the provisions of any of the
Acts of Assembly heretofore passed giving such sanction
and consent, as required by the provision of said Article