THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                   273

the Southern Regional Education Compact hitherto entered into
by the State of Maryland and other Southern States, and to
declare that upon ratification of the Compact by the Legislature
and approval by the Governor of the States of Delaware and West
Virginia or either of them, and approval by the Legislature and
by the Governor of the other States which are party to the Com-
pact, the States of Delaware and West Virginia or either of them
shall become a party to said Compact.

WHEREAS, by action of the General Assembly of Maryland in Chap-
ter 282 of the Acts of 1949 and by similar action in other States, the
State of Maryland became party to the Southern Regional Education
Compact together with the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Okla-
homa, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia on March 22,
1949; and

WHEREAS, the States of Delaware and West Virginia have indi-
cated their interest in becoming parties to the said Compact; now
therefore

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the admission of the States of Delaware and West Virginia into
the Southern Regional Education Compact, be and the same is hereby
approved, and that the States of Delaware and West Virginia or
either of them shall become a party to the Compact upon approval
in each instance by the Legislature and the Governor, and upon
further approval of their admission by the other States which were
party to the original Compact.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That upon the approval of this
Act, the Governor of Maryland shall sign an accurate copy of it and
submit it to the Southern Regional Education Board, 830 W. Peach-
tree Street, N. W., Atlanta, Georgia.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1955.

Approved March 29,1955.

CHAPTER 192
(Senate Bill 316)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 104 of
Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition),
title "Justices of the Peace", sub-title "Trial Magistrates System",
as said section was re-enacted by Chapter 627 of the Acts of
1953, providing that in Kent County clerical assistants of the
Trial Magistrates shall be appointed by the Board of County
Commissioners thereof.

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