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and order the return of such outpatient to the committing court for
further action pursuant to this article, or upon the determination of a
violation of conditional release, the Authority may order the return
of such outpatient to institutional care. In either of the above circum-
stances, the Authority, by its officers or agents, or any police or
peace officer, is hereby authorized to return to its physical custody
any outpatient who has violated the terms of his conditional release.
The period of return to institutional care may not exceed one year,
after which the Authority may conditionally release the person pur-
suant to the provisions of this section or return him to the com-
mitting court for further action pursuant to this article. Whenever a
person conditionally released is returned to institutional care, the
Authority must give written notice to the committing court within
five days [of] after such return.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immedi-
ate preservation of the public health and safety and having been
passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the mem-
bers elected to each of the two houses of the General Assembly, the
same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 165
(House Bill 986)

AN ACT to repeal Section 9-1 of the Frederick County Code 1959
(being Article 11 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland),
(1930 Edition), title "Frederick County," subtitle "Part I. General
Local Laws," subheading "Fire Protection," as enacted by Chapter
541 of the Acts of 1961; and to enact in lieu thereof new section
9-1 to stand instead of the section repealed; to change the method
of making, and to increase, the annual payments of certain Fred-
erick County fire companies, and generally relating thereto.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 9-1 of the Frederick County Code 1959 (being Article
11 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), (1930 Edition),
title "Frederick County," subtitle "Part I. General Local Laws," sub-
heading "Fire Protection," as enacted by Chapter 541 of the Acts
of 1961; be and it is hereby repealed, and re-enacted with new Sec-
tion 9-1 to read as follows:

[9.1

The county commissioners are authorized and directed to levy on
the assessable property of the county for the year 1959 and annually
thereafter the sum of thirty-four thousand one hundred dollars. From
such sum, there shall be paid, on or before the first day of July,
1959, and annually thereafter on or before the first day of January
in each year: