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sufficient detail to inform the general public, with reasonable clarity,
the source of such receipts and the nature of such expenses PRO-
VIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
SHALL PUBLISH ANNUALLY THE SOURCE AND NATURE
OF ANY EXPENSE ABOVE FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS
($400.00). Such published financial statement in Queen Anne's
County shall include a public notice that a detailed financial statement
may be examined and/or copied by interested persons at the office of
the County Commissioner.

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

Approved April 10, 1968.

CHAPTER 240
(House Bill 445)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 259 of
Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1967 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Motor Vehicles," subtitle "Operation of
Vehicles Upon Highways," to provide when a driver must stop
upon meeting or overtaking a stopped school bus.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 259 of Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1967 Replacement Volume), title "Motor Vehicles," subtitle "Oper-
ation of Vehicles Upon Highways," be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

259.

The driver of a vehicle on a highway when meeting or overtaking
any school bus which has stopped on the highway for the purpose of
receiving or discharging any [school child or children, school teacher
or school teachers,] passengers, shall come to a full stop at least ten
(10) feet from such school bus, either in front or rear thereof as the
case may be, and such vehicle shall remain standing until the chil-
dren are received or discharged and the school bus has again started.
This section shall not apply within the corporate limits of any incor-
porated city or town with more than twenty-five thousand popula-
tion, according to the most recent federal decennial census.

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

Approved April 10, 1968.

CHAPTER 241
(House Bill 447)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 9(49)
of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replace-