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Ch. 300
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Martin O'Malley, Governor
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(6) CONDUCT ANY OTHER ACTIVITY TO ENABLE THE
CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2007.
Approved by the Governor, May 8, 2007.
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CHAPTER 301
(Senate Bill 240)
AN ACT concerning
State Government - Commemorative Months Month - Black History Months
Month
FOR the purpose of requiring the Governor to proclaim the months of January and
month of February to be "Black History Months Month".
BY adding to
Article - State Government
Section 13-502
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2004 Replacement Volume and 2006 Supplement)
Preamble
WHEREAS, February is the National Black History Month; and
WHEREAS, Many important events occurred during the month of January of
special importance to all Americans that play an important role in Black History
including the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, the
passage the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by Congress on January 31,
1865, which abolished slavery, and the ratification of the 24th Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution on January 23, 1964, which made it illegal to condition the right to vote
in federal elections on the payment of a poll tax or other tax and made it easier for
Black Americans to register to vote; and
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