J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                       1175

SEC. 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT IF ANY
WORD, PHRASE, PROVISION, OR PORTION OF THIS ACT
SHALL BE HELD IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDIC-
TION TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL OR INVALID, THE UN-
CONSTITUTIONALITY OR INVALIDITY SHALL APPLY ONLY
TO SUCH WORD, PHRASE, PROVISION, OR PORTION, AND
FOR THIS PURPOSE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT ARE
DECLARED TO BE SEVERABLE.

Sec. 9 10. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved May 6, 1966.

CHAPTER 653
(House Bill 589)

AN ACT to waive the provisions of Section 9 of Chapter 159 of the
Acts of 1964, said section relating to the time by which projects
contained in the General Construction Loan of 1964 must be
placed under contract, insofar as the provisions of said section
relate to an item contained in said Act for Frostburg State College
and relating to Equipment for new Science Building; and to extend
for two years, the period during which the said item may be
placed under contract.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the provisions of Section 9 of Chapter 159 of the Acts of 1964,
be and they are hereby waived insofar as they impose a time for
placing under contract an item, Section 5 (N) (2), in said Chapter
159 and found on page 407 of the Laws of 1964, making available to
Frostburg State College the sum of $125,000 for Equipment for new
Science Building. There shall be allowed an additional period of
two years, beginning on the effective date of this Act, for placing
this project under contract. If this project shall not have been
placed under contract within a period of two years, beginning on
the effective date of this Act, then it shall be deemed to have been
abandoned and the other provisions of Section 9, of Chapter 159 of
the Acts of 1964 shall be fully effective as to this project.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved May 6, 1966.

CHAPTER 654
(House Bill 604)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 49 of
Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement
Volume), title "Public Education," subtitle "Chapter 5. County