HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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SECTION 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
authority to borrow money and issue bonds conferred on the
County by this Act shall be deemed to provide an additional
and alternative authority for borrowing money and shall be
regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred
upon the County by other laws and shall not be regarded as
in derogation of any power now existing; and all Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland heretofore passed authorizing
the County to borrow money are hereby continued to the
extent that the powers contained in such Acts have not
heretofore been exercised, unless such Acts are herein
expressly repealed, and nothing herein contained shall be
construed to impair, in any way whatsoever, the validity of
any bonds which may have been issued by the County under the
authority of any of said Acts, and the validity of said
bonds is hereby ratified, confirmed and approved. This Act,
being necessary for the welfare of the inhabitants of the
County, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes
hereof. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed to the extent of
such inconsistency.

SECTION 10. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, during
the thirty-day period following the effective date of this
Act, the Board of County Commissioners of Caroline County is
hereby authorized to constitute itself The Board of
Estimates for Caroline County under Section 20 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Caroline County (1965 Edition, as
amended) for the purpose of ascertaining and fixing the
estimated amounts of expenditures and disbursements to be
made with respect to the jail facilities; and thereafter the
Board of County Commissioners shall appropriate money for
the jail facilities in an amount equal to the estimates made
by The Board of Estimates pursuant to this Section.

SECTION 11. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Chapter
628 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1979 be and it is
hereby repealed.

SECTION 12. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public health and
safety and having been passed by a yea and nay vote
supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to each
of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 14, 1980.