1156                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 350

Taxed and Where", be and they are hereby renumbered respectively
as Sections 9E, 9F and 9G of the said Article of the Code, to follow
immediately after Section 9D thereof as added by Section 1 of this
Act.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all ordinances or resolu-
tions exempting in whole or in part any property included in Sections
9A(c), (d), (e), (i), and (j) of Article 81 as proposed to be enacted
by Section 1 of this Act and adopted by the county or city under the
provisions of any section of law which is repealed by Section 1 of this
Act are hereby validated and continued in existence after the effective
date of this Act notwithstanding the repeal of such law by Section 1
of this Act.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws
enacted by the General Assembly for the exemption in whole or in
part of any property included in Sections 9A(c), (d), (e), (i), and
(j) of Article 81 as proposed to be enacted by Section 1 of this Act
are hereby validated and continued in existence after the effective
date of this Act notwithstanding the repeal of such law by Section 1
of this Act.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of Section
9C(q) as proposed by Section 1 of this Act are hereby declared to be
an alternative means of providing local tax relief for industrial
development and shall not be construed to repeal or modify, either
directly or indirectly, any specific local exemption now or hereafter
adopted by the General Assembly or by action of the local governing
body of any county or city under authority granted by the General
Assembly.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws,
public general or public local, inconsistent with the provisions of this
Act, are hereby repealed to the extent of any such inconsistency.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That if any provision of this
Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held
invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the other pro-
visions or any other application of this Act which can be given effect
without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end, all the
provisions of this Act are hereby declared to be severable.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That any and all other laws
enacted by the 1972 regular session of the General Assembly to
amend, change, or add to the sections of Article 81 of the Annotated
Code included in Section 1 of this Act, as these sections appear in
the 1969 Replacement Volume and 1971 Supplement, shall be con-
strued to prevail over any of these sections as they appear in Sec-
tion 1 of this Act to the extent of any inconsistency, and it is the
legislative intent that all such separate acts shall be incorporated into
and codified with the provisions of this Act if such incorporation and
codification are reasonably possible.

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of Section 1
of this Act shall be applicable to assessments of property for the
taxable year beginning July 1, 1973 and ending June 30, 1974.

Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That, subject to the provisions
of Section 9 above, this Act shall take effect July 1, 1972.

Approved May 26, 1972.