594                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                     [CH. 417

with the amputation of a toe or toes and the use of an anesthetic,
other than local, prohibited.

493.

To provide a fund in order to carry out and enforce the provisions
of this subtitle, the Board of [Chiropody] Podiatry Examiners shall
charge fifteen dollars for each examination, ten dollars for each
certificate and an annual license fee of five dollars payable on or before
the first day of January of each year. From such fund all the ex-
penses and salaries not exceeding ten dollars per diem and expenses
shall be paid by the Board, provided, however, and in no event, shall
the expenses of said Board exceed the balance of receipts. All funds
in excess of five hundred dollars on June first of each year shall
revert to the general fund of the State treasury.

494.

The provisions of this subtitle are severable, and if any of its
provisions are declared unconstitutional, the decision so holding shall
not be construed as impairing any other provision of this subtitle.
It is hereby declared as the legislative intent that this subtitle would
have been adopted had such unconstitutional provision not been in-
cluded therein.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That wherever in the laws,
ordinances, regulations, resolutions and books of accounts of this
State and of any of its political subdivisions there is a reference to
the Board of Chiropody Examiners, this reference shall be changed
to become the Board of Podiatry Examiners.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Board of Podiatry
Examiners herein provided is a continuation of the former Board
of Chiropody Examiners, it being the legislative intent in the enact-
ment of this Act simply to change the name of this Board and of
certain references to the profession of chiropody, without in any
way affecting the powers, duties, functions and continuity of the
Board.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1965.

Approved April 8, 1965.

CHAPTER 417
(House Bill 697)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 12-9 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince George's County (1963
Edition, being Article 17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land), title "Prince George's County," subtitle "Circuit Court,"
subheading "Court Library," as amended by Chapter 641 of 1957,
relating to the use of fines and recognizances in Prince George's
County for augmentation of the Circuit Court Library and to pro-