J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      785

from State, county and municipal taxation of every kind and nature
whatsoever in the State of Maryland.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency law and necessary for the immediate preservation
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 17, 1963.

CHAPTER 537
(Senate Bill 73)

AN ACT to add new Section 251A to Article 77 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Public Education", sub-
title "University of Maryland", to follow immediately after Section
354 thereof; to require the University to establish a branch, both
graduate and undergraduate, in Baltimore County. 251 THERE-
OF; TO AUTHORIZE AND EMPOWER THE UNIVERSITY TO
ESTABLISH BRANCHES, ONE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY,
ONE IN THE CENTRAL EASTERN SHORE AREA, ONE IN
THE CENTRAL WESTERN MARYLAND AREA, AND ONE
IN THE SOUTHERN MARYLAND AREA.

Whereas, The present graduate and undergraduate enrollment of
the University at College Park is 16,886, and by the Fall of 1967,
it is expected that this figure will be approximately 25,000.

Whereas, About one-third of the current undergraduates now at-
tending the College Park campus come from the Baltimore metro-
politan area and the greater number of these students come from
Baltimore County.

Whereas, It will take at least five years to plan, finance and con-
struct new facilities in the Baltimore metropolitan area and to delay
will mean further overcrowding at the College Park campus and
perhaps mean a denial of a college education to some qualified
Maryland students.

Whereas, If a branch of the University of Maryland were estab-
lished in Baltimore County, it would not only provide the relief which
is so necessary for the ever-increasing number of qualified students
but also it would serve as a nucleus for scientific research and de-
velopment in this area.

Whereas, Baltimore County is blessed with a number of science-
based industries which are currently engaged in highly specialized
research and development work and a graduate branch of the Uni-
versity would undoubtedly be of great assistance to these industries
and would attract new industry into the metropolitan region.

WHEREAS, IT WOULD BE OF GREAT VALUE ALSO TO
OTHER PORTIONS OF THE STATE IF BRANCHES OF THE
UNIVERSITY WERE CONSTRUCTED ON THE EASTERN