J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                               561

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 19A of Article 95A of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1960 Supplement), title "Unemployment Insurance Law", sub-title
"Reciprocal Arrangements", be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

19A. Agreement to act as agent [under federal Temporary Un-
employment Compensation Act] of the United States Government in
the administration of the "Temporary Extended Unemployment
Compensation Act of 1961".

The Executive Director is hereby authorized and directed to enter
into an agreement on behalf of the State of Maryland, with the United
States Secretary of Labor acting on behalf of the United States,
whereunder the Department of Employment Security of the State of
Maryland will act as agent of the United States to carry out and
fully participate in the provisions of the '["Temporary Unemploy-
ment Compensation Act of 1958" (Public Law 441, 85th Congress)]
"Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1961"
(87th Congress, First Session) under such conditions, rules and regu-
lations as are specifically contemplated by said ["Temporary Unem-
ployment Compensation Act of 1958."] "Temporary Extended Un-
employment Compensation Act of 1961" providing for an extension
of the duration of unemployment insurance benefits over and above
the duration of such benefits authorized under the Maryland Unem-
ployment Insurance Law, provided that the benefits payable under
such federal law are not to be paid out of or chargeable to, either
directly or indirectly, the Maryland Unemployment Trust Fund. [The
Executive Director is further authorized and directed to enter into
an agreement on behalf of the State of Maryland, with the United
States Secretary of Labor acting on behalf of the United States,
whereunder the Department of Employment Security of the State of
Maryland, will act as agent of the United States to carry out and
fully participate in the provisions of any extension of said "Tem-
porary Unemployment Compensation Act of 1958" to July 1, 1959.]

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency law and necessary for the immediate
preservation 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 24, 1961.

CHAPTER 419

(Senate Bill 468)

AN ACT to authorize and empower the Board of County Commis-
sioners of Charles County in its discretion to borrow a sum not
exceeding Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00)
upon the faith and credit of the County to supplement funds avail-
able for the purchase of property and the erection thereon of a new
hospital in Charles County.