1528                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 553

the same session of the General Assembly when Article 77 was
re-codified and still part of the Laws of Maryland, and to integrate
it into the Annotated Code of Maryland, making the necessary
division of the section into two parts with its appropriate lettering.

Whereas, The General Assembly of Maryland wishes to correct
a confusing and ambiguous situation in Article 77 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland.

The laws in Article 77 concerning public education were revised
by Chapter 405 of the Acts of 1969. By its own terms, that Act
provided that any other and subsequent Acts enacted at the same
session and pertaining to public education were to be considered
as law and to prevail over Chapter 405.

Chapter 647 of the Acts of 1969 was another such enactment.
However, because of the revision in the earlier Act and the difficulty
of merging Chapter 647 into the language of the earlier Act, Chap-
ter 647 of 1969 has since been carried only in an editorial note and
not in the formal language of Article 77. For this reason, it is
desirable to incorporate the provisions of Chapter 647 of 1969
into the language of Article 77 of the Code and to repeal Chapter
647; now, therefore,

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 148 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1969 Replacement Volume), title "Public Education," subtitle
"Chapter 13. Non-Public Schools," be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments; and that Chapter 647 of the Acts
of 1969 be and it is hereby repealed, all to read as follows:

(a)    The State Superintendent is authorized to promulgate such
rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this
chapter, as may be necessary to supplement and implement the pro-
visions thereof.

(b)    No enrollment contract offered by a solicitor, required to
secure a permit under Section 147 of this article, to a prospective
student shall be valid unless executed on a form approved by the
State Superintendent. If a note is to be executed in connection with
the payment of tuition or fees set forth in the enrollment contract,
it shall be referred to in and attached to the enrollment contract, pro-
vided, however, that no confessed judgment clause in any such con-
tract shall be valid.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved May 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 553
(House Bill 792)

AN ACT to repeal Section 52 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume), title "Public Education,"
subtitle "Chapter 4. County Boards of Education," and to enact
new Section 52 in lieu thereof, to stand in the place of the section