1204                           LAWS OF MARYLAND                       CH. 613

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate
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 7, 1968

CHAPTER 612
(Senate Bill 693)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 5(C) (2)
of Chapter 759 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1967, to
amend that portion of the General Construction Loan of 1967 which
provided money for certain purposes for legislative office space in
Annapolis in order to additionally permit use of this money for
equipping of the Treasury Building in Annapolis and for air con-
ditioning legislative facilities in the State House.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 5(C) (2) of Chapter 759 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of 1967, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

5.

(C)(2). For the acquisition of land located in or near the City
of Annapolis, preparation of plans, [and] renovation and equipping
of Treasury Building, Annapolis, for legislative office space and for
air conditioning of the legislative chambers and offices in the State
House .......................................................................................... $500,000

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate pres-
ervation 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 7, 1968.

CHAPTER 613
(House Bill 6)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 26-1 through 26-26, inclusive, of Article
33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1967 Supplement), title
"Election Code," subtitle "Fair Election Practices," and to enact
new Sections 26-1 through 26-19, in lieu thereof, to stand in the
place of the sections so repealed, to revise the provisions of the
election laws of the State applicable to fair election practices,