728                                 Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 209

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 7A be and it is hereby added to Article 77A of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and
1971 Supplement), title "Higher Education," subtitle "Community
Colleges," to follow immediately after Section 7 thereof, and to read
as follows:

7A.

The State Board for Community Colleges is authorized to pay,
TO GARRETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE from the funds appro-
priated for State aid for community colleges in the 1972 fiscal year
only, the amount determined by the Board to represent the State's
share of the actual financial needs of the Garrett Community College,
AN EQUITABLE SHARE TO BE BORNE BY THE STATE OF
THE ACTUAL FINANCIAL NEEDS OF THE COLLEGE, less
any amounts paid to that college in this fiscal year based on the
current expense formula in Section 7(a) of this Article.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared 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 May 5, 1972.

CHAPTER 209
(Senate Bill 401)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 12-1 (a)
of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Election Code," subtitle "Presidential Pri-
maries and Conventions," to require the elected district delegates
from any national political party to meet in convention not more
than 21 days after that election at a time and place to be designated
by the State Party Chairman who is to act as chairman of the
convention.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 12-1 (a) of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1971 Replacement Volume), title "Election Code," subtitle
"Presidential Primaries and Conventions," be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

12-1.

(a) The total number of delegates and alternate delegates to
represent the respective political parties at their respective national
conventions shall be ascertained and determined by the governing
body of each party and certified to the State Administrative Board
of Election Laws not later than the first day of March in each year