58                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 61

CHAPTER 60
(House Bill 570)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 165 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Calvert County, (1963 Edition,
being Article 5 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland),
title "Calvert County," subtitle "Electrical Apparatus and Wiring,"
as enacted by Chapter 437, Section 143LA, of the Acts of 1939, to
provide for changes in the meter cut-in certificate law with respect
to power lines or electrical meters serving consumers' property
in Calvert County, removing the requirement that the building be
wired before June 1, 1939, and changing the provisions as to the
parties charged with issuing such certificates on behalf of the
County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 165 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Calvert County,
(1963 Edition, being Article 5 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland), title "Calvert County," subtitle "Electrical Apparatus
and Wiring," as enacted by Chapter 437, Section 143LA, of the
Acts of 1939, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend-
ments to read as follows:

165.

[After June 1, 1939, no] No electric light or power company shall
attach its power lines or electric meters to any consumer's property
within the borders of Calvert County unless the building was wired
[before June 1, 1939, or the work has been installed] by a Master
Electrician licensed under this sub-title and until a temporary or
permanent meter cut-in certificate has been issued by the Electrical
Inspection Department and certified by the Chief Electrical Inspec-
tor for Calvert County, [Middle Department Rating Association,
Middle Division.] Said Department shall issue a meter cut-in cer-
tificate in duplicate, one of said certificates shall be sent to the power
or electric company furnishing the electricity for the consumer's
property, and the other shall be sent to the Secretary of the Board
of Electrical Examiners and Supervisors.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate preser-
vation 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 March 22, 1968.

CHAPTER 61
(House Bill 603)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments. Chapter 279,
Section 2, of the Acts of 1966, to provide for an increase in the