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way they might be filled if the drawing had been made by ballots.
The intent and meaning of this sub-title is not to supersede or repeal
the laws now regulating the drawing of juries by ballot, but simply
to provide another way of drawing them, leaving the judges in said
Judicial Court free to use either the ballot system or the marble or
ball system as may be most convenient and satisfactory to the judge
or judges drawing a jury.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in the event that Senate
Bill No. 562 heretofore introduced into this General Assembly is en-
acted and approved by the Governor, the provisions of Section 1 of
this Act shall be construed to be supplementary to, and not in deroga-
tion of, the provisions of said bill.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency law and necessary for the immediate pres-
ervation of the public health and safety, and being 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 30, 1963.

CHAPTER 576
(Senate Bill 640)

AN ACT to add new Section 323A to the Code of 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
"LaVale Sanitary Commission", to follow immediately after
Section 323 thereof, to authorize the establishment of rates for
sewage service, the methods of payment thereof, and providing
penalties for non-payment in the LaVale Sanitary Commission in
Allegany County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 323A be and it is hereby added to the Code of
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 "LaVale Sanitary Commission", to follow im-
mediately after Section 323 thereof, and to read as follows:

323A. The rates for sewage service shall consist of a minimum
which shall be based upon the size of the water meter serving the
property and of an additional charge based upon the amount of water
used in excess of the established minimum as shown by the amount
of water passing through the water meter during the period between
the last two readings. Bills for the amount of the sewer charges as
above specified shall be sent quarterly or semi-annually, as the Com-
mission may determine, to each property served and shall thereupon
be payable at the office of the Commission. If any account shall not
be paid within 60 days from the date the bill is mailed out, a penalty
equal to one-half of one per centum (½%) per month, or for each
fraction thereof, calculated upon the amount of said bill, shall be