MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO,
AND WITH THE CONSENT OF CONGRESS, THE GOVERNMENT OF
CANADA OR ANY PROVINCE THEREOF. IT SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH JURISDICTION WHEN SUCH
JURISDICTION HAS ENACTED THE SAME INTO LAW. WITHDRAWAL
FROM THIS COMPACT SHALL BE BY THE ENACTMENT OF A STATUTE
REPEALING THE SAME, BUT SHALL SOT TAKE EFFECT UNTIL TWO
YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH STATUTE AND UNTIL
WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE WITHDRAWAL HAS BEEN GIVEN BY THE
WITHDRAWING STATE TO THE GOVERNOR OF EACH OTHER PARTY
JURISDICTION. WITHDRAWAL OF A PARTY STATE SHALL NOT
AFFECT THE RIGHTS, DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS
COMPACT OF ANY SENDING AGENCY THEREIN WITH RESPECT TO A
PLACEMENT MADE PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF WITHDRAWAL.

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THE PROVISIONS OF THIS COMPACT SHALL BE LIBERALLY
CONSTRUED TO EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES THEREOF. THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS COMPACT SHALL BE SEVERABLE AND IF ANY
PHRASE, CLAUSE, SENTENCE OR PROVISION OF THIS COMPACT IS
DECLARED TO BE CONTRARY TO THE CONSTITUTION OF ANY PARTY
STATE OR OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE APPLICABILITY
THEREOF TO ANY GOVERNMENT, AGENCY, PERSON OR CIRCUMSTANCE
IS HELD INVALID, THE VALIDITY OF THE REMAINDER OF THIS
COMPACT AND THE APPLICABILITY THEREOF TO ANY GOVERNMENT,
AGENCY, PERSON OR CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL NOT BE AFFECTED
THEREBY. IF THIS COMPACT SHALL BE HELD CONTRARY TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF ANY STATE PARTY THERETO, THE COMPACT
SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS TO THE REMAINING
STATES AND IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS TO THE STATE
AFFECTED AS TO ALL SEVERABLE MATTERS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act.
shall take effect July 1, 1975.

Approved April 22, 1975.

CHAPTER 267
(Senate Bill 19)

AN ACT concerning

Planning and Zoning — Appeals

FOR the purpose of clarifying the right of appeal of
decisions of the Circuit Court or the Baltimore City
Court in zoning cases, to provide that counties,