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empowered and authorized to refuse the granting of the
same. The said Public Service Commission of Maryland
is further empowered and authorized to make such rules
and regulations as it may deem necessary to govern the
control and operation of same, and enforce the same by
such penalties or forfeitures as it may prescribe, including
the revocation of the permit granted under the provisions
of this sub-title.

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 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, the same shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 31, 1951.

CHAPTER 268
(House Bill 11)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sub-section
(39) of Section 12 of Article 36 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Fees of Officers", sub-
title "Clerks of Court", increasing the fee for the Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas for receiving, collecting and
paying over all public money.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sub-section (39) of Section 12 of Article 36 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Fees
of Officers", sub-title "Clerks of Court", be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

12.

(39) For receiving, collecting and paying over all public
money—5%; except the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas,
who shall receive [1%] 3% commission;

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1951.

Approved March 31, 1951.

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EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.