MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                      1681

Such legislative actions taken or passed by the County Commis-
sioners of Prince George's County shall become effective 90 days
after their adoption or passage excepting that those adopted or
passed by a yea or nay vote of two thirds of the Board of Commis-
sioners shall become effective immediately upon passage or adoption
and upon satisfying the requirements of Section 4 of this article. The
referendum petitions must be filed with the board of supervisors of
elections within 90 days following the adoption or passage of the
legislative action and must bear the signatures of at least ten per-
centum (10%) of those voting for the Governor in Prince George's
County in the last general election. Upon proper filing of the peti-
tion, the legislative action shall not become effective until 30 days
after its approval by a majority of the voters voting thereon at the
next regular election held in the county, except that any legislative
action adopted or passed by a two-thirds vote of the commissioners
shall remain in force, notwithstanding the petition, but shall stand
repealed 30 days after having been rejected by a majority of the
qualified electors voting thereon.

(b)    The board of supervisors of elections of Prince George's
County shall adopt rules and regulations specifying the form of the
referendum petition and the procedure for filing such form and
submission of petitioned legislative actions to the voters.

(c)    The foregoing provisions of this section permitting referen-
dum petitions shall not apply to the exercise of any authority
by the County Commissioners for Prince George's County to issue,
endorse, or guarantee bonds, bond anticipation notes, or any other
obligations pursuant to any public general or public local law.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1,1969.

Approved May 14, 1969.

CHAPTER 782
(House Bill 1473)

AN ACT to add new Section 27 to Article 36 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume and 1968 Supplement),
title "Fees of Officers," subtitle "Sheriffs," to increase the fee that
the Sheriff of Howard County may charge for certain services.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 27 be and it is hereby added to Article 36 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume and 1968
Supplement), title "Fees of Officers," subtitle "Sheriffs," thereof
and to read as follows:

27.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article the
Sheriff for Howard County shall charge and collect these fees:

(1) For any action or service which involves only the serving of
a paper and is not an act of execution or attachment, a fee of $4.00.