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and the other provisions of Section 10, Chapter 759 of the Acts of
1967 as this Chapter was amended by Chapter 318 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 April 29, 1971

CHAPTER 244
(Senate Bill 557)

AN ACT to waive the provisions of Section 10 of Chapter 759 of
the Acts of 1967 as this Chapter was amended by Chapter 499 of
the Acts of 1969, this section relating to the time by which
projects contained in the General Construction Loan of 1967 must
be placed under contract, insofar as this section relates to the
following item contained in the General Construction Loan of
1967: Section 5 (H) (1) For the first stage of construction of a
two hundred (200) bed school for older boys, State Department
of Juvenile Services; and to extend for an additional two (2) years
ONE (1) YEAR the period during which this item may be placed
under construction.

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
as this Chapter was amended by Chapter 499 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 1967: Section 5 (H) (1) of Chapter
759 and found on page 1679 of the Laws of 1967, making available
to the State Department of Juvenile Services the sum of Two Million
Dollars ($2,000,000) for the first stage of construction of a two
hundred (200) bed school for older boys*, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOU-
SAND DOLLARS, IF PROVIDED IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET
OF THE YEAR DURING WHICH THE FIRST STAGE OF CON-
STRUCTION IS BEGUN, SHALL BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE
OF CONSTRUCTING A FENCE TO SURROUND BOTH THIS
SCHOOL FOR OLDER BOYS AND THE PRESENT EXISTING
SCHOOL. There shall be allowed an additional period of two (2)
years ONE (1) YEAR beginning on the effective date of this Act
for placing this project under construction. If this project shall not
have been placed under construction within a period of two (2) years
ONE (1) YEAR 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 759 of the Acts of 1967 as this Chapter was
amended by Chapter 499 of the Acts of 1969 shall be fully effective
as to this project.