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senting evidence for the modification of such decree or order or
from obtaining any other relief in the same proceeding] solely by
reason of the fact of such adjudication of contempt [even though
such contempt has not been purged or removed] from filing a peti-
tion for modification of the decree or order or for any other relief;
nor, from being heard on said petition after it has been answered
or is otherwise at issue and ready for trial in accordance with the
practice in the court wherein the proceeding is pending. Any such
petition which has been filed prior to actual adjudication of con-
tempt, whether before or after issuance of a show cause citation
therefor, may, in the discretion of the court, be consolidated and
heard with said citation for contempt; provided said petition has
been answered or is otherwise at issue and ready for trial in accord-
ance with the practice in the court wherein the proceeding is pending.

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

Approved April 29, 1966.

CHAPTER 441
(House Bill 225)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 20 (g) (7)
of Article 95A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "Unemployment Insurance Law," subtitle "Definitions," to
provide that service performed as a part time school bus operator,
by persons having another full time job, be not considered employ-
ment for the purposes of this article, and correcting errors therein.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 20(g)(7) of Article 95A of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Unemployment Insurance Law," sub-
title "Definitions," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

(7) With respect to services performed after December 31, 1940,
except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (I) and (0) of this
sub-subsection, the term "employment" shall not include:

(A)     Service performed in the employ of this State or of any
other state, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of any instru-
mentality of any one or more of the foregoing which is wholly owned
by this State or by one or more states or political subdivisions; and
any service performed in the employ of any instrumentality of this
State, or of one or more states or political subdivisions to the extent
that the instrumentality is, with respect to such service, exempt
under the Constitution of the United States from the tax imposed by
Section 1600 of the federal Internal Revenue Code;

(B)     Service performed in the employ of the United States govern-
ment or an instrumentality of the United States exempt under the
Constitution of the United States from the contributions imposed by
this article, except that to the extent that the Congress of the United
States shall permit states to require any instrumentalities of the