BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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which the United States and Maryland flags shall be
flown from the State House during certain hours; and
making this Act effective on a certain date.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 41 - Governor — Executive and Administrative

Departments
Section 73

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 41 — Governor — Executive and Administrative
Departments

73.

The FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE flag
of Maryland shall be displayed from the State House at
Annapolis, Maryland, continuously during the session of the
General Assembly, and on such other public occasions as the
Governor of the State shall order and direct[ , the flag].
WHEN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS NOT IN SESSION, THE FLAGS SHALL
BE FLOWN BETWEEN THE HOURS OF SUNRISE AND SUNSET IF WEATHER
PERMITS. THE MARYLAND FLAG always SHALL [to be so] BE
arranged, upon the flagstaff as to have the black stripe on
the diagonal bands of the first quartering at the top of the
staff as represented in the illustration of the Maryland
flag in "Chronicles of Colonial Maryland."

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect June 14, 1978.

Approved May 2, 1978.

CHAPTER 308

(House Bill 73)

AN ACT concerning

Water Resources Administration — Hearing Notice

FOR the purpose of requiring that adequate notice of public
hearings and certain meetings be given prior to the
issuance of pollution discharge permits by the Water
Resources Administration; specifying certain methods
for giving such notice; and generally relating to
notice of public hearings and certain meetings of the