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vided that such discount shall not exceed the interest rate per annum
on the principal of said loan. The said loan and every part thereof
and every note, bond, coupon or other evidence thereof, and the
interest payable thereon shall be and remain exempt from State,
County and municipal taxation.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the proceeds derived from
said loan shall be placed in a special fund by the County Treasurer,
and shall be paid out by him only on warrants from the County
Commissioners, which warrants shall be issued only upon proper
vouchers presented by the County School Board and the Super-
intendent of Schools for the purposes mentioned in Section 1 of this
Act.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public health and safety, and having been passed by a
yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of all of the members
elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly of Mary-
land, the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 11, 1965.

CHAPTER 147
(House Bill 46)

AN ACT to add new Section 26A to Article 16 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1964 Supplement), title
"Chancery," subtitle "Divorce and Annulment," to follow immedi-
ately after Section 26 thereof, providing that offers of reconcilia-
tion are not defenses to actions for divorce nor a bar thereto.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 26A be and it is hereby added to Article 16 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1964 Supplement),
title "Chancery," subtitle "Divorce and Annulment," to follow im-
mediately after Section 26 thereof and to read as follows:

26 A.

In no action for divorce instituted in this State after the effective
date of this Act shall an offer of reconciliation or an attempt to
reconcile by one spouse without the concurrence of the other spouse
be available as a defense to a divorce nor in and of itself be a bar
to a divorce.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved March 11, 1965.