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(b)   The duration of this Title shall be perpetual but any signatory
thereto may withdraw therefrom upon two years' written notice to
the Board.

(c)   The withdrawal of any signatory shall not relieve such signa-
tory, any transportation district, county or city or other political
subdivision thereof from any obligation to the Authority, or inuring
to the benefit of the Authority, created by contract or otherwise.

317-84. Amendments and Supplements—

Amendments and supplements to this Title to implement the pur-
poses thereof may be adopted by legislative action of any of the
signatory parties concurred in by all of the others.

317-85. Construction and Severability—

The provisions of this Title and of the agreements thereunder shall
be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this
Title or any such agreement is declared to be unconstitutional or the
applicability thereof to any signatory party, political subdivision or
agency thereof is held invalid, the constitutionality of the remainder
of this Title or any such agreement and the applicability thereof to
any other signatory party, political subdivision or agency thereof
or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. It is the legislative in-
tent that the provisions of this Title be reasonably and liberally
construed.

317-86. Effective Date; Execution—

This Title shall be adopted by the signatories in the manner pro-
vided by law therefor and shall be signed and sealed in four duplicate
original copies. One such copy shall be filed with the Secretary of
State of each of the signatory parties or in accordance with the
laws of the State in which the filing is made, and one copy shall
be filed and retained in the archives of the Authority upon its
organization. This Title shall become effective ninety days after the
enactment of concurring legislation by or on behalf of the District
of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia and consent thereto by the
Congress and all other acts or actions have been taken, including the
signing and execution of the Title by the Governors of Maryland
and Virginia and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

Approved May 4, 1965.

CHAPTER 870
(House Bill 300)

AN ACT to add new Chapter 73A to the Montgomery County Code,
1960 (being Article 16 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land), title "Montgomery County," to follow immediately after
Chapter 73 thereof, and to add new Chapter 83A to the Code of
Public Local Laws of Prince George's County (1963 Edition, being
Article 17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title