MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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desire the aid of counsel, the court oust determine that
he waived counsel having knowledge of the significance of
his act. If the court is not satisfied that the alleged
drug addict knows the significance of his act in waiving
counsel, the court shall assign counsel.

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

Approved March 11, 1975.

CHAPTER 24
(Senate Bill 318)

AN ACT concerning                               

Allegany County — LaVale sanitary Commission
(Program Open Space)

FOR the purpose of authorizing the LaVale Sanitary
Commission to participate in Program Open Space and
any similar or successor program; to apply for and
administer funds received for these programs from
appropriate governmental agencies and to make them
available to the residents of the area served by the
Commission.

BY adding to

The Public Local Laws of Allegany County
Section 355A

Article 1 — Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1963 Edition and 1973 Supplement, as amended)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 355A be and it is hereby added
to the Public Local Laws of Allegany County being Article
1 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1963
Edition and 1973 Supplement, as amended) to read as
follows:

Article 1

355 A.

THE COMMISSION MAY PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAM OPEN SPACE