HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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subject to approval by Congress unless prior congressional
approval has been given. Duly authenticated copies of this
compact and of such supplementary agreements as may be
entered into shall, at the time of their approval, be
deposited with each of the party states and with the [Civil
Defense] FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CIVIL DEFENSE
Agency and other appropriate agencies of the United States
government.

454.

The Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to
enter into and execute, on behalf of the State of Maryland,
such [civil defense] EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CIVIL DEFENSE
compacts with other states, possessions or territories of
the United States or with the District of Columbia,
substantially in the form hereinbefore set forth, provided
that the Board of Public Works, with the concurrence of the
Director of [Civil Defense] THE STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AND CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY, may approve alterations of the
terms, provisions and conditions of the aforesaid proposed
[civil defense] EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CIVIL DEFENSE
compact so long as said alterations are in substantial
compliance with the terms, provisions and conditions
hereinbefore set forth and when the Governor, in the
exercise of the power as aforesaid, enters into and executes
[a civil defense] AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CIVIL DEFENSE
compact on behalf of the State of Maryland, said compact is
hereby approved and ratified and every paragraph, clause,
provision, matter and thing in the said compact contained
shall be obligatory on this State and the citizens thereof,
and shall be forever faithfully and inviolably observed, and
kept by the government of this State and all of its citizens
according to the true intent and meaning of the said
compact.

455.

The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to
prepare and transmit duly authenticated copies of such
compacts and of this act to the governor of each state
entering into such compacts, the President of the United
States, the President of the United States Senate, the
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the
Federal [Civil Defense Administrator] EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AND CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY DIRECTOR, the Secretary of State of
the United States, and the Council of State Governments.

Article 56 - Licenses

261.

(a) The following acts are prohibited:

(13) Constructing, repairing or remodeling any
fallout shelter with knowledge that the work does not
conform to the minimum applicable standards of protection to