436                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 161

88B. EMPLOYEES OF METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHOR-
ITY.

THE AUTHORITY AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMIS-
SION, WITHIN THE LIMITATIONS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE
PERSONNEL NEEDS AND BUDGETS, SHALL MAKE EVERY
EFFORT TO EMPLOY ANY MERIT SYSTEM EMPLOYEE OF
THE FORMER AUTHORITY WHO MAY MAKE APPLICATION
TO EITHER THE AUTHORITY OR THE PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION FOR EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO JUNE 1, 1969.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1969.

Approved April 23, 1969.

CHAPTER 161
(House Bill 1305)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 324(d),
324 (F), 325 and 326 of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1957 Edition, 1965 Replacement Volume and 1968 Supple-
ment) , title "Revenue and Taxes," subtitle "Retail Sales Tax Act,"
subheading "In General," and to repeal and re-enact, with amend-
ments, Section 373 of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition, 1965 Replacement Volume 1968 Supplement),
title "Revenue and Taxes," subtitle "Maryland Use Tax," subhead-
ing "In General," AND TO REPEAL AND RE-ENACT, WITH
AMENDMENTS, SECTIONS 402 AND 410(A) OF THE AN-
NOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND (1957 EDITION, 1965 RE-
PLACEMENT VOLUME, 1968 SUPPLEMENT), TITLE "REV-
ENUE AND TAXES," SUBTITLES "ADMISSIONS AND
AMUSEMENT TAX," to change certain definitions of the Retail
Sales Tax Act; to increase the rate of the retail sales tax, and to
delete certain exempted sales from said Retail Sales Tax Act; TO
INCREASE THE RATE OF THE MARYLAND ADMISSIONS
AND AMUSEMENT TAX AND ALSO TO REVISE THE
METHOD AND AMOUNT OF DISTRIBUTION THEREOF and
to include certain new types of sales as being exempted from said
Act; to increase the rate of the Maryland Use Tax; and relating
generally to the Maryland Retail Sales Tax, THE MARYLAND
ADMISSIONS AND AMUSEMENT TAX and the Maryland Use
Tax AND TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS FROM
THE EFFECT OF THIS ACT AND RELATING GENERALLY
TO TAXES IN MARYLAND AND DECLARING THE PROVI-
SIONS OF THIS ACT TO BE SEVERABLE.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 324(d), 324(F), 325 and 326 of Article 81 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition, 1965 Replacement Volume and
1968 Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes," subtitle "Retail Sales
Tax Act," subheading "In General," be and they are hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, and that Section 373 of said Article