MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                            2919

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Section 371B be and it is hereby added to Article 27 —
Crimes and Punishments, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) to read as
follows:

Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments
371B.

THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBHEADING RELATING TO
LOTTERIES SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND AWARD
OF INTEREST ON STATE PREMIUM SAVINGS BONDS AUTHORIZED TO
BE ISSUED BY SECTION 24 OF ARTICLE 88D OF THIS CODE.

SECTION 3. 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
repealed to the extent of the inconsistency.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any
provisions of this Act or the application thereof to any
person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason,
the invalidity shall not affect the other provisions 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 declared
to be severable.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect January 1, 1975, Thereafter, a study
shall be made by the State Lottery Agency concerning a
plan for the implementation of this bill and the results
of such study shall be submitted to the Board of Public
Works for approval of such plan.

Approved May 31, 1974.

CHAPTER 873
(House Bill 812)
AN ACT concerning

Public Education — Services for Nonpublic School Children
FOR the purpose of providing for the loan of textbooks,