J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                       973

(d) The provisions of this section shall be construed as additional
and supplemental provisions to any existing laws providing for the
disposal of refuse, garbage, rubbish or other matter.

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

Approved May 6, 1966.

CHAPTER 571
(Senate Bill 11)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 140, 141,
and 142 of Article 41 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957
Edition and 1965 Supplement), title "Governor—Executive and
Administrative Departments," subtitle "Department of Legisla-
tive Reference"; to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
9 and 106 of said Article 41 of said Code (1957 Edition), subtitles
"General Provisions" and "State Manual"; to repeal and re-enact,
with amendments, Section 27 of Article 40 of said Code (1965
Supplement), title "General Assembly," subtitle "Legislative
Council"; to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 8B of
Article 23A of said Code (1965 Supplement), title "Corporations—
Municipal," subtitle "In General," subheading "Municipal Codes";
to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 32A of Article
25 of said Code (1965 Supplement), title "County Commissioners,"
subtitle "County Codes"; to repeal and re-enact, with amendments,
Section 9C of Article 64A of said Code (1964 Replacement Volume
and 1965 Supplement), title "Merit System"; and to transfer and
recodify Sections 140 to 152, inclusive, of said Article 41 (1957
Edition and 1965 Supplement), including any of those sections as
amended in this Act, to be in their present sequence Sections 46 to
59, inclusive, of said Article 40 (1957 Edition and 1965 Supple-
ment) under the new subtitle "Department of Legislative Reference
and Fiscal Research Bureau," providing a State Department of
Legislative Reference to be separate and apart from the Depart-
ment of Legislative Reference under the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore, creating a State Board of Legislative Reference and
providing for its membership, duties, and powers, establishing the
conditions for the continuance of the State Department of Legisla-
tive Reference as solely a State agency and for its separation from
the Department under the same name operated by the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, making provisions for the employees of
the Department and for their status, MODIFYING AS TO EM-
PLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT CERTAIN PROVISIONS
IN ARTICLE 73B OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARY-
LAND, recodifying and transferring the several sections of the
Code having to do with the State Department of Legislative Refer-
ence and the State Fiscal Research Bureau, and relating generally
to the powers, duties, and employees of the Department of Legis-
lative Reference and of the Legislative Council and to the status
and position of the Department of Legislative Reference and the
Fiscal Research Bureau.