THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1443

A RADIUS OF TWO MILES OF, THE FORK IN THE
ROADS LEADING FROM CAMBRIDGE TO HOOPER'S
ISLAND AND FROM CAMBRIDGE TO CRAPO; AND AN-
OTHER OF SUCH NEW HIGH SCHOOLS SHALL BE A
HIGH SCHOOL TO REPLACE THE F. D. ST. CLAIR HIGH
SCHOOL AT CAMBRIDGE; AND ANOTHER OF SUCH
NEW SCHOOLS SHALL BE ERECTED TO SERVE THE
HIGH SCHOOL NEEDS IN CONNECTION WITH THE
PRESENT CAMBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, THUS GIVING
ADDED FACILITIES FOR HIGH. SCHOOL, JUNIOR
HIGH SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRO-
GRAMS, AND SUCH OTHER NEEDED REPAIRS AND
FACILITIES FOR OTHER SCHOOLS SHALL BE PRO-
VIDED AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF DORCHES-
TER COUNTY AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
DORCHESTER COUNTY MAY DIRECT.

SEC. 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT THIS

ACT SHALL BE DEEMED TO PROVIDE AN ADDITION-
AL AND ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR THE DOING OF
THINGS AUTHORIZED HEREBY AND SHALL BE RE-
GARDED AS SUPPLEMENTAL AND ADDITIONAL TO
POWERS CONFERRED BY OTHER LAWS, AND SHALL
NOT BE REGARDED AS IN DEROGATION OF ANY
POWERS NOW EXISTING. THIS ACT BEING NECES-
SARY FOR THE WELFARE OF THE INHABITANTS OF
DORCHESTER COUNTY, SHALL BE LIBERALLY CON-
STRUED TO EFFECT THE PURPOSES HEREOF. ALL
ACTS AND PARTS OF ACTS, HOWEVER INCONSISTENT
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, ARE HEREBY
REPEALED TO THE EXTENT OF SUCH INCONSIS-
TENCY.

SEC. 10. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT
CHAPTER 308 OF THE ACTS OF THE REGULAR SES-
SION OF 1949 AND CHAPTER 42 OF THE ACTS OF THE
REGULAR SESSION OF 1950 BE AND THE SAME ARE
HEREBY REPEALED.

SEC. 11. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT THIS
ACT IS HEREBY DECLARED TO BE AN EMERGENCY
MEASURE AND NECESSARY FOR THE IMMEDIATE
PRESERVATION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFE-
TY AND HAVING BEEN PASSED BY A YEA AND NAY
VOTE, SUPPORTED BY THREE-FIFTHS OF ALL THE
MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH OF THE TWO HOUSES
OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, THE