136                              Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 143

PARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE SHALL PROMULGATE
RULES AND REGULATIONS PURSUANT TO THE ADMINIS-
TRATIVE PROCEDURES ACT, SECTIONS 244-256, INCLUSIVE,
OF ARTICLE 41 OF THIS CODE, AS AMENDED FROM TIME
TO TIME, PROVIDING FOR A DETERMINATION OF WHAT
SHALL CONSTITUTE ABANDONMENT IN ANY OF THE
ABOVE MENTIONED EXCEPTIONS TO THE LIABILITY FOR
SUPPORT. The determination of the Department of Mental Hygiene
as to what constitutes abandonment shall be subject to judicial re-
view pursuant to the provisions of Sections 255 and 256 of the Ad-
ministrative Procedure Act, Article 41 of this Code. The provisions
of Section 97 of Article 27 of this Code shall not have any effect on
any determination of liability under this section.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1,1961.

Approved March 23, 1961.

CHAPTER 143

(Senate Bill 268)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 184 A (a)
of Article 18 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930
Edition), said section having been added by Chapter 192 of 1957,
to increase the maximum amount that may be borrowed by the
County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County for operating ex-
penses or for capital improvements.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 184A(a) of Article 18 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland (1930 Edition), said section having been added by
Chapter 192 of 1957, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

184A.

(a) The County Commissioners shall have, and is hereby given,
express power and authority to borrow from time to time, if and as
needed, such sum or sums of money, not to exceed in the aggregate
at any time or times the sum of [Three Hundred Thousand Dollars
($300,000.00)] four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for the
purpose of paying the general operating expenses or small capital
improvements of the County or any of its departments, and to pledge
the faith and credit of the County therefor, subject only to the pro-
visions of this section.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved March 23, 1961.

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.