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funds derived from Loan "A" shall include only those voluntary non-
profit hospitals determined to be eligible under this subheading, and
further determined by the Maryland Hospital Commission not to be
maintained or operated by a person, association, corporation or
agency which is, or is affiliated with, a church or religious denomi-
nation. Hospitals eligible for loans to be made from funds derived
from Loan Fund "B" shall include only those voluntary non-profit
hospitals determined to be eligible under this subheading, and
further determined by the Maryland Hospital Commission to be
maintained or operated by a person, association, corporation, or
agency which is, or is affiliated with, a church or religious denomi-
nation.

568-I.

If any provision of this subtitle, or the application thereof to any
person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of this sub-
title and the application of such provision to other persons or cir-
cumstances shall not be affected thereby. If any provision, clause,
sentence or section of this subtitle shall be declared to be invalid or
in violation of any provision of the State or federal Constitution,
the remainder of this subtitle shall stand and be effective notwith-
standing.

SEC. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT IF CHAP-
TER 138 OF THE ACTS OF 1964 IS HELD BY THE COURT OF
APPEALS OF MARYLAND TO BE CONSTITUTIONAL AND
VALID IN THE CASE OF TRUITT V. TAWES (1965/A.808,
FILE NO. A-47646 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR BALTIMORE
CITY), NOW PENDING IN THE COURTS OF MARYLAND,
THIS ACT, WITH NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, SHALL BE REPEALED
AND OF NO FURTHER EFFECT ON THE THIRTIETH DAY
FOLLOWING FINAL JUDGMENT IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
OF MARYLAND.

Sec. 3 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 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 May 6, 1966.

CHAPTER 715
(House Bill 1069)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 306 (f) of
Article 48A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Insurance," subtitle "19. Fraternal Benefit
Societies," to broaden the term "societies" as an exemption under
the insurance laws of the State to read "Orders, societies or asso-
ciations."