J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor 15

Laws of Maryland), title "Frederick County", to follow immediately
after Section 10-1 thereof and to be under the new sub-title "Chapter
10A. Pensions and Retirement", to read as follows:

Chapter 10A—Pensions and Retirement
10A-1.

The County Commissioners of Frederick County may in their dis-
cretion investigate the matter of providing retirement pensions for
county employees and officers whose compensation is paid by the
county commissioners and for whom pensions are not otherwise
provided, and may, in their discretion, establish and maintain a
general county retirement or pension system for such employees
and officers. For these purposes the County Commissioners may:
(a) Employ such persons as they deem necessary, under their
direction, to investigate the matter of providing such pensions, and
to prepare, establish, maintain and administer a system which will
operate on a sound actuarial basis; (b) prescribe classifications and
conditions of admission or exclusion from any system adopted, and
provide for a general system of allowances, benefits and payments
to the members of such system, or in the case of their death, to the
dependents, and prescribe all rules and regulations necessary or
advisable for the operation of such system; (c) levy such taxes
and appropriate and expend such sums as may be necessary to pay
for (ill salaries, expenses, contributions and charges arising out
of the exercise of the powers herein conferred.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate pres-
ervation of the public health and safety, and having been passed by a
yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of 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 March 23, 1962.

CHAPTER 10
(House Bill 6)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 2 of
Chapter 207 of the Laws of Maryland of 1961, which Act au-
thorized the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to borrow
$2, 150, 000. 00 and to use the same to establish, construct and
equip an incinerator or reduction plant, authorizing said munici-
pality or the Commissioners of Finance thereof to determine
the rate or rates of interest to be paid in connection with such
borrowed money and the form or forms of certificates of in-
debtedness to be issued representing such debt, and clarifying
certain language used in said section; to repeal and re-enact,
with amendments, Section 2 of Chapter 208 of the Laws of
Maryland of 1961, which Act authorized the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore to borrow $18, 500, 000. 00 and to use the