1414                               Laws of Maryland                         [Ch. 827

and/or municipal employee of a county and/or municipal health
department of this State. All employees appointed to the State Merit
System pursuant to this Section shall be given credit thereunder for
the years of service rendered in said county and/or municipal health
departments for the purposes of establishing compensation rates
and the basic rates for vacation and sick leave credit earnings. No
such employee who has transferred from a county and/or municipal
health department to the State merit system shall receive any dim-
inution in compensation solely as a result of such transfer and
appointment.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1959.

Approved May 5, 1959.

CHAPTER 827
(House Bill 851)

AN ACT to add new Section 21 (i) to Article 66B of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Zoning and Planning",
sub-title "Planning", sub-heading "Title 2—Zoning", to follow im-
mediately after Section 21 (h) thereof, to prevent the construction
of homes physically joined together in Anne Arundel County,
except in the City of Annapolis.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new Section 21 (i) be and it is hereby added to Article 66B
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Zoning
and Planning", sub-title "Planning", sub-heading "Title 2—Zoning",
to follow immediately after Section 21 (h) thereof, and to read as
follows:

21.

(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article or any regula-
tions established hereunder, in Anne Arundel County, the Zoning
Commission shall not permit the construction of two or more homes
physically joined together or having a party or common wall between
each home, in Anne Arundel County, except in the City of Annapolis.
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO PROVISION IN THIS ACT
SHALL PREVENT THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO OR MORE
HOMES PHYSICALLY JOINED TOGETHER OR HAVING A
PARTY OR COMMON WALL BETWEEN EACH HOME, ON
LAND ZONED OR REZONED FOR SUCH PURPOSES PRIOR
TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect

June 1, 1959.

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.