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to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly of Maryland, the
same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved February 22, 1955.

CHAPTER 42
(House Bill 189)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 293E of
Article 14 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930
Edition), title "Howard County", sub-title "Sheriff", as said section
was enacted by Chapter 817 of the Acts of 1945, relating to the
appointment of a jail warden and his salary by the Sheriff of
Howard County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 293E of Article 14 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Howard County", sub-title
"Sheriff", as said section was enacted by Chapter 817 of the Acts of
1945, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

293E. The [County Commissioners] Sheriff of Howard County
shall appoint a warden to the jail, [upon the advice and consent of
the Sheriff, ] and he shall be paid an annual salary by the County
Commissioners of [twelve hundred dollars ($1, 200. 00)] Two Thou-
sand Dollars ($2, 000. 00), payable in monthly installments [of one
hundred dollars ($100. 00) each]. The said warden so appointed
shall hold office at the pleasure of the [County Commissioners]
Sheriff and shall be removed at any time the [County Commissioners]
Sheriff may elect or by the Circuit Court for Howard County upon
indictment and conviction as now provided by law.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1955.

Approved February 22, 1955.

CHAPTER 43
(Senate Bill 149)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 66 1/2 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Motor Vehicles", sub-title "Op-
eration of Vehicles Upon Highways", said new section to be known
as Section 151A and to follow immediately after Section 151

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.