1098                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                        CH. 576

Whereas, it has been determined that it would not now be in the
best interests of the City to borrow the forementioned sum of One
Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,800,000.00), author-
ized pursuant to said Chapter 1 and Ordinance No. 1530, for the
specific purposes mentioned in said legislation; now, therefore,

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the total amount of debt which the City is authorized to create
under the terms and provisions of Chapter 1 of the Laws of Mary-
land of 1963, as amended and reduced by Chapter 186 of the Laws
of Maryland of 1967, is further reduced from the amount of Six
Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($6,500,000.00) to an amount
not exceeding Four Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars
($4,700,000.00).

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That nothing contained in this
Act shall be taken or construed to:

(a)   Change, alter or modify any of the terms and provisions of
Chapter 1 of the Laws of Maryland of 1963, as amended by Chapter
186 of the Laws of Maryland of 1967, except in the manner and to
the extent specifically set forth herein;

(b)   Change, alter, modify or release any of the obligations or
liabilities which the City has incurred or may incur under the terms
and provisions of any bonds which the City has heretofore issued and
sold pursuant to the legislation hereinbefore mentioned; and

(c)   Change, alter or modify any of the power and authority vested
in the City to hereafter issue and sell its bonds in accordance with
the terms and provisions of Chapter 1 of the Laws of Maryland of
1963, as amended by Chapter 186 of the Laws of Maryland of 1967,
and Ordinance No. 1528, approved February 21, 1963.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety, and having been
passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of the mem-
bers elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly of
Maryland, the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 7, 1968.

CHAPTER 576
(Senate Bill 462)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 39H of
Article 53 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1967 Supplement),
title "Landlord and Tenant," subtitle "Distress for Rent," sub-
heading "Stripping and Marketing of Tobacco," to change the
annual date after which landlords in certain counties may strip,
pack, ship and sell, at the tenant's expense, tobacco grown on
leased premises if the tenant has not done so within a certain time.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That Section 39H of Article 53 of the Annotated Code of Maryland