40                                Laws of Maryland                         [Ch. 31

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 6 of Chapter 657 of the Acts of 1953, as said section
was amended by Chapter 3 of the Acts of 1956, be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

6. The increases in the taxes, permits and registration fees pro-
vided for by Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of this Act shall be charged and
paid with respect to all such permits, registrations or licenses for
and during the license year beginning in the year [19573 1958, and
for and during each license year thereafter. Such increases shall
not be charged and paid with respect to all such permits, registra-
tions or licenses for and during the license year beginning in the
year 1955; and such increases shall not be charged and paid with
respect to all such permits, registrations or licenses for and during
the license year beginning in the year 1956; and such increases shall
not be charged and paid with respect to all such permits, registrar
trations or licenses for and during the license year beginning in the
year 1957.

Sec. 2. And be 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 of Mary-
land, the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved February 23, 1956.

CHAPTER 31
(House Bill 11)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 322 and
328 of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edi-
tion) , title "Health", sub-title "Undertakers", increasing the fee for
the renewal of the annual licenses for funeral directors and for
embalmers, and correcting an error therein.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 322 and 328 of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Health", sub-title "Undertakers", be
and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

322. It shall be the duty of any person, co-partnership or corpora-
tion now licensed to carry on the business of Funeral Directing in the
State of Maryland at the time of the passage of this Act, to cause,
within sixty days after the passage of this Act, his, her, its or their
name or names, residence or place of business, to be registered with
the State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers of Maryland
whose Secretary shall keep a book for that purpose. If such applica-

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