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is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant on
the Treasurer of the State of Maryland for the respective
amounts due the said Board of Education immediately
upon receipt of said certification or certifications, not-
withstanding the provisions of the aforesaid Sections 212,
213 and 214 to the contrary. On receipt of the warrant
or warrants of the Comptroller, as aforesaid, the Treas-
urer shall immediately pay the warranted amounts to the
treasurer of the Board of Education of Calvert County.

SEC. 2. 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
safety and having been passed by a yea and nay vote, sup-
ported 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 9, 1953.

CHAPTER 55
(House Bill 10)

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section 44 of Article
4 of the Constitution of Maryland, title "Judiciary De-
partment, " providing that the Sheriff of Baltimore City
shall receive such salary as may be fixed by law, clarify-
ing the provisions of said section and removing certain
duplicating provisions therefrom.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, (Three-fifths of all members elected to each of
the two Houses concurring), That the following be and
the same is hereby proposed as an amendment to Section 44
of Article 4 of the Constitution of Maryland, title "Judici-
ary Department, " the same, if adopted by the legal and
qualified voters of the State, as herein provided, to become
Section 44 of Article 4 of the Constitution of Maryland:

44. There shall be elected in each county and in Balti-
more City in the year 1946 and in every fourth year there-

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