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consideration agreed upon with the gas storage company.
If the company and public body cannot agree upon the
consideration, or if there is no public authority other
than the General Assembly which has power to enter into
the agreement, then the company may acquire the right by
eminent domain, in the manner provided in Title 12 of THE
REAL PROPERTY Article [21] of the Code for the taking by
eminent domain of private property for a public use,
which provisions are applicable to any case under this
subtitle. If the State is made a party, service of
process shall be made upon the Attorney General.

SECTION 15. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this
Act shall take effect July 1, 1974.

Approved May 31, 1974.

CHAPTER 688
(Senate Bill 1057)
AN ACT concerning

Department of Public Safety — Patuxent Institution

FOR the purpose of providing an additional member on the
Institutional Board of Review of the Patuxent
Institution, increasing the quorum requirements,
providing for substitute members, and authorizing
per diem payment for members not a part of the
regular staff of the Institution.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments.

Article 31B — Defective Delinquents

Section 12 and 13(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 12 and 13(a) of Article 31B -
Defective Delinquents, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) be and they
are hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

Article 31B — Defective Delinquents