580                              Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 428

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency measure 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 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 428
(Senate Bill 516)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 8 (a) of
Article 89B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "State Roads", sub-title "In General", relating to the ac-
quisition of property by the State Roads Commission to protect
highways, to provide in addition to the present provisions of said
Section 8 (a),—that no motel, restaurant, gasoline or automobile
service station shall be allowed, permitted, authorized or conducted
on property acquired by the Commission.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 8 (a) of Article 89B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1957 Edition), title "State Roads", sub-title "In General", be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

8. (a) The State Roads Commission may acquire by gift, pur-
chase, condemnation or otherwise, real property or any interest in
such property for highway construction purposes and real property
along or near any State highway, parkway or freeway, or any interest
in such property, in order to protect the highway, parkway, or free-
way, or scenery along or near it, or to provide parking and service
areas along said highway, parkway, freeway and for similar pur-
poses, provided, however, the State Roads Commission shall not have
the right to acquire such property other than by purchase or gift
unless the Commission, by appropriate resolution, shall determine
that such property is necessary in its judgment for immediate or
proposed construction of a State highway, parkway, freeway or
parking or service areas in connection therewith; provided, however,
that any such property acquired for such service areas shall only be
adjacent to controlled or denied access highways as such highways
are defined in this article. If the State Roads Commission shall deter-
mine by resolution that it is necessary to acquire such property by
means other than purchase of gift, then it is authorized to acquire the
same in accordance with the provisions of Section 40B of Article 3
of the Constitution of the State of Maryland, and Section 9 of this
article.

No motel, restaurant, gasoline or automobile service station shall

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[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
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Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.