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the terms, conditions and limitations contained in Article 64A, known
as the Merit System, shall be inapplicable and of no force and effect
until January 1, 1959; provided, however, that persons employed as
provided in this sub-section who shall be thus employed on January 1,
1959, and who shall have been so employed for at least six months
prior thereto shall be considered a part of and shall hold their posi-
tions in accordance with Article 64A, known as the Merit System.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1958.

Approved April 4, 1958.

CHAPTER 100
(House Bill 174)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, subsection (j)
of Section 5, and Sections 9, and 11 of Article 62-B of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Maryland Port Au-
thority", and to repeal Section 8 of that Article and enact a new
Section 8 in lieu thereof, to stand in the place of the section so re-
pealed, repealing the provisions thereof pertaining to the issue by
the Maryland Port Authority of special Obligation Bonds in the
amount of Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000); providing in lieu
thereof for the creation of a State debt in the aggregate amount of
Fifteen Million "Dollars ($15,000,000), the proceeds thereof to be
used for acquisition of and improvements to certain port facilities,
said debt being payable from the proceeds of the tax on net income
of certain corporations previously provided for and from the pro-
ceeds of a tax on assessable property, hereby levied to the extent
necessary to pay the principal of and interest on the said debt not
paid from the proceeds of the said tax on net income of certain
corporations; providing that funds in the Maryland Port Au-
thority Fund may be used for facilities owned or controlled by the
Authority; to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 288 (f)
of Article 81 of said Code (1957 Edition), title "Revenue and
Taxes", sub-title "Income Tax", providing that amounts received
from proceeds of the tax imposed by that section upon the net
income of certain corporations shall be applied first to payments of
principal of and interest on the State debt authorized by this Act,
and the balance to be paid into the Maryland Port Authority Fund.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That sub-section (j) of Section 5 and Sections 9 and 11 of Article
62-B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title 'Mary-
land Port Authority" be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments, and that Section 8 of said Article be and it is

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.