604                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 262

CHAPTER 261
(House Bill 584)

AN ACT to legalize the 1966 Cumulative Supplement to the Balti-
more County Code, 1958, and to make the same evidence of the
portions of Public Local Laws of Baltimore County, Maryland,
purporting to be contained therein.

Whereas, by Chapter 266 of the Acts of 1959, the General
Assembly legalized and made evidence of the law the 1958 Edition
of the Baltimore County Code; and

Whereas, the 1966 Cumulative Supplement to that Code has been
compiled and edited by R. Bruce Alderman, county solicitor, and
Philip F. Bennett, assistant county solicitor, and is to be published
by King Brothers, Inc., 208 North Calvert Street, Baltimore, Mary-
land, 21202; now therefore,

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the 1966 Cumulative Supplement to the Baltimore County
Code, 1958, compiled and edited by R. Bruce Alderman, county
solicitor, and Philip F. Bennett, assistant county solicitor, and
published by King Brothers, Inc., be and the same is hereby legalized
and shall be deemed and taken as evidence of those portions of the
Public Local Laws of Baltimore County purporting to be contained
therein, in all the courts of this State and by all justices of the
peace, trial magistrates and all other public officials of the State
and of its political subdivisions.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.

Approved April 14, 1967.

CHAPTER 262

(House Bill 585)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 11(a) of
Article 90 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement
Volume), title "Sureties," subtitle "Contract Performance and
Payment Bonds," to provide that any contractor for state work
who is covered by a payment bond need not furnish the State
with a waiver of mechanics' liens.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 11(a) of Article 90 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1964 Replacement Volume), title "Sureties," subtitle "Contract
Performance and Payment Bonds," be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

11.

(a) Before any contract exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000)
in amount, for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public