THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                   863

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

Approved April 18, 1955.

CHAPTER 520
(House Bill 683)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 183 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Anne Arundel County (1947 Edition)
being Article 2 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title
"Anne Arundel County", sub-title "Budget", as said section was
amended by Chapter 640 of the Laws of Maryland of 1951, re-
lating to the duty of the Board of Education of Anne Arundel
County as to the preparation of the school budget and as to the
expenditure of funds for public education and providing that
certain surpluses in said funds may be utilized for salary increases
for teachers employed by said Board.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 183 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Anne Arundel
County (1947 Edition) being Article 2 of the Public Local Laws of
Maryland, title "Anne Arundel County", sub-title "Budget", as said
section was amended by Chapter 640 of the Laws of Maryland of
1951, be and the same is repealed and re-enacted with amendments, to
read as follows:

183. This sub-title shall not affect the preparation of the school
budget by the County Board of Education, the levy of school taxes,
or the expenditure of the receipts of such taxes, in accordance with
Section [56] 65 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code [(1939)] (1951
Edition) and other provisions of law, nor shall this sub-title prevent
said Board, with the approval of the County Commissioners, from
applying any excess receipts for its purposes, from any source, over
appropriations for such purposes, or any surplus accumulated to
the account of said Board of Education in any year, to the increase
of salaries of teachers employed by said Board, [except that] Except
as herein provided, said Board shall be subject to Sections 168, 178
and 184 of this sub-title[.] with respect to funds levied by or
belonging to the County. [Provided that for the fiscal year 1951,
the said Board shall be subject to Sections 168, 178 and 184 with
respect only to those funds levied by or belonging to the County.]

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate preser-
vation 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 April 18, 1955.

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.