SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                          125

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 270 (g) and (y) of Article 56 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume and 1967 Supplement), title
"Licenses," subtitle "General Contractors and Subcontractors," be
and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

270.

(g) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in or offer to
engage in, general contracting or subcontracting in this State, unless
he [had] has been IS duly licensed and issued HOLDS a certificate
of registration ISSUED under the provisions of this subtitle.

(y) Notwithstanding the [penalty] penalties provided in subsec-
tions [(y)] (u) or (aa), the courts of record having equity juris-
diction shall have jurisdiction to enjoin any person, firm, association
or corporation violating the provisions of this subtitle.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved April 10, 1968.

CHAPTER 94
(Senate Bill 98)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 44 of
Article 23A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Replace-
ment Volume and 1967 Supplement), title "Corporations—Munici-
pal," subtitle "Special Taxing Districts," amending the laws per-
taining to municipal corporations by eliminating surplusage.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 44 of Article 23A of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1966 Replacement Volume and 1967 Supplement), title "Corpora-
tions—Municipal," subtitle "Special Taxing Districts," be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

44.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 of Article HE of the Con-
stitution of Maryland prohibiting any municipal corporation classi-
fied by the General Assembly under the provisions of Section 2 of
Article HE of the Constitution of Maryland [from under the pro-
visions of Section 2 of Article 11E of the Constitution of Maryland]
from levying any type of tax, license fee, franchise tax or fee which
was not in effect in such municipal corporation on January 1, 1954,
unless it shall have received the express authorization of the General
Assembly for such purpose, by a general law which in its terms and
its effect applies alike to all similarly classified municipal corpora-
tions, the General Assembly hereby expressly authorizes all munici-
pal corporations in this State within the class created by Section 10
of this article for the purpose of financing the design, construction,