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by due process of law; provided, however, that this section shall not
apply in Montgomery County.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.

Approved April 3, 1959.

CHAPTER 272

(Senate Bill 148)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 44 of
Article 7 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930
Edition), as amended by Chapter 161 of the Acts of 1953, title
"Carroll County", sub-title "County Commissioners", authorizing
the County Commissioners of Carroll County to convey certain
property and buildings to the Carroll County General Hospital,
Incorporated, for medical and hospital purposes.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 44 of Article 7 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), as amended by Chapter 161 of the Acts
of 1953, title "Carroll County", sub-title "County Commissioners",
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

44. The County Commissioners of Carroll County are hereby
authorized and directed to accept, in fee simple, title to such Carroll
County War Memorial Medical Center as the Carroll County War
Memorial Committee may erect in said County; provided, however,
that such War Memorial Medical Center shall not be accepted by said
County Commissioners until the same shall have been fully and com-
pletely constructed, equipped and entirely paid for; and the said
County Commissioners of Carroll County are further authorized to
levy annually, on the assessable property of said County such sum as
they may deem necessary for public health purposes, including the
cost of maintenance and operation of the aforesaid Carroll County
War Memorial Medical Center.

The County Commissioners of Carroll County are hereby author-
ized and empowered to lease, dedicate, or convey, with or without
consideration, the land and buildings known as the Carroll County
War Memorial Medical Center to the Carroll County General Hos-
pital, Incorporated, its successors and assigns, for use as a hospital
and for medical purposes only; said property to revert to the grantor,
the County Commissioners, upon the cessation of the use of said
property for hospital and medical purposes.

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

Approved April 3, 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.