796                                LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 334

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the provisions of Section 10 of Chapter 759 of the Acts of 1967,
be and they are hereby waived insofar as they impose a time limit
for placing under contract an item, Section 5(N)(4)(a), in said
Chapter 759 and found on page 1685 of the Laws of 1967, making
available the sum of one million, five hundred twenty-six thousand,
five hundred dollars ($1,526,500.00) for the construction of an
Academic Building on the Baltimore County Campus of the Uni-
versity of Maryland. There shall be allowed an additional period of
two years, beginning on the effective date of this Act, for placing
this project under contract. If this project shall not have been placed
under contract within a period of two years, beginning on the
effective date of this Act, then it shall be deemed to have been
abandoned and the other provisions of Section 10 of Chapter 759 of
the Acts of 1967 shall be fully effective as to this project.

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

Approved April 23, 1969.

CHAPTER 334
(House Bill 697)

AN ACT to waive the provisions of Section 10 of Chapter 759 of the
Acts of 1967, said section relating to the time by which projects
contained in the General Construction Loan of 1967 must be placed
under contract insofar as the provisions of said section relate to
the item in Section 5(f)(l)(c) in said Construction Loan Act,
which provides certain monies for the construction of a State
branch laboratory and State mental health clinical space as a part
of a new Regional Health Center in Cumberland.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the provisions of Section 10 of Chapter 759 of the Acts of 1967
be and they are hereby waived insofar as they impose a time for
placing under contract the items in Section 5(f)(l)(c) in said
Chapter 759 of the Acts of 1967, making available two hundred and
sixty thousand, four hundred dollars ($260,400.00) for a State
branch laboratory and State mental health clinical space as a part
of a new regional health center in Cumberland. There shall be
allowed an additional period of two years, beginning on the effective
date of this Act, for placing this project under contract. If this proj-
ect shall not have been placed under contract within a period of two
years, beginning on the effective date of this Act, then it shall be
deemed to have been abandoned and the other provisions of Section
10 of Chapter 759 of the Acts of 1967 shall be fully effective as to
this project.

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

Approved April 23, 1969.