1064                             Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 655

Maryland), title "Prince George's County", sub-title "Time", au-
thorizing the Board of County Commissioners of Prince George's
County to make certain changes in the period during which day-
light saving time shall be effective in said County, and relating
generally to such changes and to the reasons for providing them.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 1456 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince George's
County (1953 Edition, being Article 17 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland), title "Prince George's County", sub-title "Time",
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

1456. For the period of each year from two A. M. on the last
Sunday in April until two A. M. of the last Sunday in September,
the County Commissioners of Prince George's County are authorized
and empowered to fix, by ordinance or resolution, the official time of
said county at one hour in advance of the standard time of the seventy-
fifth meridian, which advance in said standard time is commonly
called "Eastern Daylight Saying Time." Provided, however, that
the Board of County Commissioners by ordinance or resolution passed
in less than fifteen days before the change would become effective
may extend the period during which the one-hour variation from
standard time shall be effective in any year or years. The extension
may be to change the advance in time up to 2 o'clock A. M. on the last
Sunday in March or back to 2 o'clock A. M. on the last Sunday in
October or both such changes or any portion or portions of either.
Any such extension may be provided only if other counties, munici-
palities or sections of the United States shall have made such a change
and, in the opinion of the Board of County Commissioners, thereby
have caused inconvenience and annoyance to the commercial, econ-
omic, industrial or social affairs of the residents of Prince George's
County. If the County Commissioners so advance the official time
of said county, all courts, public offices, legal and official proceedings,
insofar as the same are subject to or under the control of said County
Commissioners, shall be regulated thereby, and all time shown by the
public clocks shall agree therewith.

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 of Maryland, the
same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10, 1957.

CHAPTER 655
(House Bill 693)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact Section 300 of Article 81 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition, 1956 Supplement), title

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.