Marvin Mandel, Governor                          1079

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the provisions of Section 10 of Chapter 409 of the Acts of
1969, be and they are hereby waived insofar as they impose a time
limit for placing under contract the following item contained in the
General Construction Loan of 1969: Section 5 (I) (4) (a) of Chap-
ter 409 and found on page 1003 of the Laws of 1969, making avail-
able to the Department of Mental Hygiene the sum of Ninety-Eight
Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($98,300) for the Installation of
Sprinkler System in Various Buildings, Rosewood State Hospital.
There shall be allowed an additional period of two (2) years begin-
ning on the effective date of this Act, for placing this project under
construction. If this project shall not have been placed under con-
struction within a period of two (2) years SIX MONTHS beginning
on the effective date of this Act, then it shall be determined to have
been abandoned and the other provisions of Section 10, Chapter 409
of the Acts of 1969 shall be fully effective as to this project.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation 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 May 17, 1971.

CHAPTER 486
(Senate Bill 725)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 6A (c)
of Article 62B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replace-
ment Volume and 1970 Supplement), title "Maryland Port Admin-
istration," providing that when any county and municipal corpora-
tion participate jointly with the Maryland Port Administration in
a program the loan limitation shall be increased to two million
dollars ($2,000,000.).

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 6A (c) of Article 62B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1968 Replacement Volume and 1970 Supplement), title "Mary-
land Port Administration," be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

6A.

(c) Any county and municipal corporation within its boundaries,
may by agreement, confirmed by resolution or ordinance of their
respective governing bodies, participate jointly with the [Authority]
Administration in carrying out any of the purposes set forth
in this section [.]; providing that the loan limitation imposed by
subsection (a) of this section shall be increased to two million dollars
($2,000,000.) when there is a joint participation by any municipal
corporation and county with the Administration and the liability
of each shall be determined by any agreement entered into by them.