712 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 283

now, therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the said Compact is hereby approved, con-
firmed and ratified, and that as soon as the said Compact
shall be approved, confirmed and ratified by the Legisla-
tures of at least six of the States signatory hereto in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the Compact, thereupon
and immediately thereafter, every paragraph, clause, pro-
vision, matter and thing in the said Compact contained
shall be obligatory on this State and the citizens thereof,
and shall be forever faithfully and inviolably observed and
kept by the government of this State and all of its citizens
according to the true intent and meaning and provisions
of the said Compact.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, upon the ap-
proval of this Compact by the minimum requisite number
of States, as provided in said Compact, the Governor is
hereby authorized and directed to sign an engrossed copy
of the Compact and sufficient copies thereof, so as to pro-
vide that each and every State approving the Compact
shall have an engrossed copy thereof.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect on June 1, 1949.

Approved April 22, 1949.

CHAPTER 283
(Senate Bill 435)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 89 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition and 1947 Supple-
ment), title "Department of Labor and Industry", sub-
title "Bureau of Mines", said section to be known as
Section 21 and to follow immediately after Section 20
of said Article, relating to the position of Chief Con-
sultant to the Bureau of Mines, and to designate Frank
J. Powers as Director of the Bureau of Mines.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article 89
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition and
1947 Supplement), title "Department of Labor and Indus-
try", sub-title "Bureau of Mines", said section to be known