SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                      1603

of any bonds issued hereunder which shall have become mutilated or
be destroyed or lost upon such conditions and after receiving such
indemnity as the County may think it proper and necessary to
stipulate and require.

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That any and all obligations
issued pursuant to the authority of this Act, their transfer, the
interest payable thereon, and the income derived therefrom in the
hands of the holders thereof from time to time (including any
profit made in the sale thereof) shall be and is hereby declared to be
at all times exempt from taxation of every kind and nature whatso-
ever by the State of Maryland or by any of its political subdivisions,
or by any town or incorporated municipality or by any other public
agency within the State of Maryland.

Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the authority to borrow
money and issue bonds conferred on the County by this Act shall be
deemed to provide an additional and alternative authority for
borrowing money and shall be regarded as supplemental and addi-
tional to powers conferred upon the County by other laws and shall
not be regarded as in derogation of any power now existing; and all
Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland heretofore passed
authorizing the County to borrow money are hereby continued to the
extent that the powers contained in such Acts have not heretofore
been exercised, and nothing herein contained shall be construed to
impair, in any way whatsoever, the validity of any bonds which may
have been issued by the County under the authority of any of said
Acts, and the validity of said bonds is hereby ratified, confirmed and
approved. This Act, being necessary for the welfare of the inhabi-
tants of Queen Anne's County, shall be liberally construed to effect
the purposes hereof. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with
the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed to the extent of such
inconsistency.

Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immedi-
ate 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 May 4, 1967.

CHAPTER 734
(House Bill 575)

AN ACT to add new Section 20A to the Code of Public Local Laws
of Howard County (1965 Edition, being Article 14 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Howard County," sub-
title "Circuit Court," to follow immediately after Section 20
thereof, to provide for the appointment, salary, compensation and
duties of a law clerk for the Circuit Court of Howard County.