166                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 118

preservation 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 April 5, 1966.

CHAPTER 119
(Senate Bill 562)

AN ACT to add new Section 61A to Article 17 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1965 Supplement), title "Clerks of Courts",
subtitle "Clerks of Circuit Courts and Superior Court of Baltimore
City", to follow immediately after Section 61 thereof, providing
for two copies of certain plats, when presented for record, to be
furnished the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Harford County, and
further providing for the fee to be charged and the disposition of
said plats.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 61A be and it is hereby added to Article 17 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Supplement), title "Clerks of
Courts", subtitle "Clerks of Circuit Courts and Superior Court of
Baltimore City", to follow immediately after Section 61 thereof, and
to read as follows:

61A.

In Harford County, upon presentation of a plat or plats for record,
the clerk shall be furnished with two (2) copies thereof, and the
person furnishing same shall pay to the clerk a fee of five dollars for
each set of plats so offered. One copy shall be by said clerk securely
fastened in the book provided by said clerk for that purpose, or re-
corded in the manner provided by law for the filing and recording of
such plat. One copy shall promptly be sent, with one half of the filing
fee, to the Commissioner of the Land Office, who shall number and
file the same as a part of the substance records of his office, and
notify the clerk of the number so given. The Commissioner of the
Land Office shall furnish, free of cost, to any of the supervisors of
assessments of this State, a copy of such plat on request. Nothing in
this section shall affect any recording fee of the clerk of the court
under any local legislation prescribing recording fees of plats of
subdivisions. The several clerks aforesaid and the Commissioner of
the Land Office shall keep accurate memoranda of said filing fee, in
accordance with the provisions of Section 198 of Article 41.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and safety and having been passed
by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all 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 April 5, 1966.