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equipment during any period of emergency, to hire additional equip-
ment as may be necessary and to pay therefor; to authorize the
County Executive to furnish arms and ammunition to the citizens of
the County, to provide for the necessary equipment during a period
of emergency, to promulgate rules and regulations for the protection
of the citizens of the County during a period of emergency; to authorize
the County Executive to execute certificates of indebtedness for money
borrowed to administer war and emergency powers; and to authorize
the County Executive to proclaim, in writing, a state of public emer-
gency and the end thereof; to authorize the County Executive in
lieu of the Council to declare and end a state of public emergency and
to authorize the County Executive rather than the County Manager
to issue orders during such emergency.

Be It Enacted by the County Council for Montgomery County, Maryland,
that—

Section 1. Section 2-18 of Chapter 2 of the Montgomery County
Code 1965, titled "Administration," is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows :

2-18. War and emergency powers—Transportation facilities; park-
ing lots.

The County Executive is hereby authorized and empowered to use or to
direct the use of any and all facilities, equipment, buildings and land be-
longing to the County, including trucks, school buses, motors, tools, build-
ings and any other equipment and property of the County for such
purposes and in such manner that shall be necessary for the welfare and
benefit of the citizens of the County for the duration of the war or
other public emergency and thereafter and also, subject to any contractual
obligations to the contrary, to direct any employees hired by the County
in connection with the operation and maintenance of facilities equipment,
school buses and trucks to perform such duties, as will, in the discretion
of the County Executive aid the war effort and any other emergency use
to promote the general welfare and benefit of the County; and the County
Executive may prescribe a pecuniary charge against any person, using such
equipment, facilities, buildings and land provided by the County Executive
in the exercise of authority and power, and in the exercise of this power
and authority the County Executive is further authorized to purchase
and hire additional equipment to carry out the purposes of this Section
and to establish parking lots. The jurisdiction or regulatory power of
the Public Service Commission shall not extend to the special transporta-
tion facilities, activities and services furnished in the exercise of authority
and power by the County Executive and the County Executive is hereby
further authorized and empowered to pay for the services, facilities, and
the purchase and hire of additional equipment from any fund that may be
available or that may be made available or levied for.

Section 2. Section 2-20 of Chapter 2 of the Montgomery County
Code 1965, titled "Same—Arms and ammunitions; civilian defense person-
nel; ordinances, etc.," is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

2-20. Same—Arms and ammunition; civilian defense personnel; rules,
regulations, etc.

In order to carry out the provisions of Sections 2-19 through 2-21
of this Code the County Executive may provide and furnish arms and
ammunition to the citizens of the County or to the militia of the State