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the effective date of said Chapter 409 of the Acts of 1969; to the
end that, if the aforesaid project shall not have been placed under
contract within a period of two (2) years and one day from the
effective date of this Act, then said project shall be deemed to have
been abandoned and the other provisions of Section 10 of said
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 shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved May 17, 1971.

CHAPTER 571
(House Bill 915)

AN ACT to waive the provisions of Section 10 of Chapter 409 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of 1969, said Section relating to
the time by which projects must be placed under contract insofar
as the provisions of said Section relate to the items in Section 5
(G) (17) in the General Construction Loan of 1969.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the provisions of Section 10 of Chapter 409 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of 1969, be and they are hereby waived, insofar as
they impose a time for placing under contract the items in Sections 5
(G) (17) in said Chapter 409 of the Acts of 1969, making available
one hundred and seventy-five THOUSAND dollars ($175,000) for
Construction of Headquarters and Service Complex to serve the State
Forest, New Germany State Park, Big Run Recreation Area and
Casselman River Bridge to include the following—Superintendent's
Residence; Maintenance Shop; Storage Building; Roads and Park-
ing; and Utilities in Savage River State Forest. With the waiver of
these provisions so applied to these items, there shall be allowed an
additional period of two years, beginning on the effective date of
this Act, for placing these projects under contract. If these projects
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 409 of the Acts of 1969 shall be fully effective as to these
projects.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved May 17, 1971.

CHAPTER 572
(House Bill 921)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 141 (a)
of Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1970 Supple-