SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                       605

building or public work or improvement of the State of Maryland,
or of any county, city, municipal corporation, town, board of edu-
cation or other political subdivision, public authority, or public
instrumentality, or any officer, board, commission, or agency of any
of the foregoing, is awarded to any person, he shall furnish to the
State of Maryland, or to such county, city, municipal corporation,
town, or other political subdivision, public authority, or public
instrumentality, or to such officer, board, commission, or agency
thereof, the following bonds which shall become binding upon the
award of the contract to such person, who is hereinafter designated
as "contractor":

(1)    A performance bond executed by a surety company
authorized to do business in this State satisfactory to the public
body awarding the contract, and in such amount as it shall deem
adequate, for the protection of the public body.

(2)    A payment bond executed by a surety company authorized
to do business in this State satisfactory to the public body for the
protection of all persons supplying labor and materials to the con-
tractor or his subcontractor in the prosecution of the work provided
for in the contract for the use of each such person. The bond shall be
in the amount not less than fifty per centum (50%) of the total
amount payable by the terms of the contract. Any contractor
covered by such a bond shall not be required to furnish a waiver of
mechanics' liens to the State.

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

Approved April 14, 1967.

CHAPTER 263
(House Bill 588)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 27 of
Article 40 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Supplement),
title "General Assembly," subtitle "Legislative Council," increas-
ing the number of members who compose the Legislative Council
of Maryland and making provision for the ex officio and other
members of the Legislative Council.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 27 of Article 40 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1966 Supplement), title "General Assembly," subtitle "Legislative
Council," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

27.

There is hereby created a Legislative Council. Said Council shall
be composed of [twenty] thirty members, as follows:

(1) From the Senate: The President, the chairman of the
finance committee, the chairman of the judicial proceedings com-