632                              Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 490

Public Local Laws of Allegany County (1955 Edition, being Article 1
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Allegany
County", sub-title "County Commissioners", to follow immediately
after Section 82 thereof, to be under the new sub-heading "Ambulance
Service", and to read as follows:

82A. The County Commissioners of Allegany County are hereby
authorized and empowered to levy such amounts as may be necessary
to pay for ambulance service rendered to all residents of Allegany
County, who, prior to the rendition of such service, have been certi-
fied as being medically indigent by the State Department of Health
or have been certified by the Allegany County Welfare Board to be
eligible for medical care at State expense.

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 8, 1959.

CHAPTER 490
(House Bill 679)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sub-section (h)
of Section 57 of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition), title "Alcoholic Beverages", sub-title "Applica-
tion for License", providing that the Board of License Commis-
sioners of Howard County may, under certain circumstances,
waive the two year residence requirement of applicants for licenses
for alcoholic beverages.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sub-section (h) of Section 57 of Article 2B of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Alcoholic Beverages", sub-
title "Application for License", be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

(h) Howard County.—In Howard County the certificate shall
be signed by at least three citizens who shall be owners of real
estate and registered voters of the district in which the business is
to be conducted, setting forth a statement that the qualifying appli-
cant, or applicants, as the case may be, is personally known to them
and has been a resident of the county for two years next preceding
the presentation to them of the application [.]; provided, however,

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.