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equipping, repairing and operating any housing unit or housing
units, and inasmuch as each such housing unit shall at all times
belong to the State, such covenant shall have the force of contract
between the State of Maryland acting by the Board of Trustees and
and the holders of the revenue bonds or revenue refunding bonds
issued on account of such project or projects.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Sections 248L to 248U,
inclusive, of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1967
Cumulative Supplement), title "Public Education," subtitle "Chapter
25. Miscellaneous," as enacted by Chapter 693 of the Laws of Mary-
land of 1967, be and they are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1968.

Approved April 10, 1968.

CHAPTER 143
(Senate Bill 367)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 4 of
Article 38 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement
Volume), title "Fines and Forfeitures", amending the laws relat-
ing to confinement for nonpayment of fines.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 4 of Article 38 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1965 Replacement Volume), title "Fines and Forfeitures", be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

4.

Any person who shall or may hereafter be committed to jail on
any charge, including contempt of court, by the judgment of any
court or by any justice of the peace of this State, for nonpayment
of any fine and costs, shall be confined one day for [each dollar]
every two dollars of fine and costs but in no event shall be confined
more than thirty days for fine and costs amounting to one hundred
dollars, nor more than sixty days for fine and costs exceeding one
hundred dollars but not more than five hundred dollars nor more
than ninety days for fine and costs exceeding five hundred dollars.
All periods of confinement imposed under the provisions of this
section because of nonpayment of two or more fines and costs shall
run concurrently unless it shall be specified by the court or justice
of the peace that said periods shall run consecutively.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this Act
shall only be construed prospectively and shall not be applied or
interpreted to have any retrospective effect.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved April 10, 1968.