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county, within the limitations herein contained, shall be repaid
within forty years from the date of contracting such obligation.

In addition to, and not in substitution for, powers already con-
tained, any municipal corporation or county, through its appropriate
governing bodies, is for the purposes of this Section 6A vested with
full power and authority to participate, in conjunction with the
Authority, as aforesaid, in the construction, acquisition, extension,
enlargement or improvement, within its boundaries, of port facili-
ties as herein defined; and may, in conjunction with the Authority,
participate by contract with the Authority in the operation and
maintenance thereof.

Any county and municipal corporation within its boundaries, may
by agreement, confirmed by resolution or ordinance of their respec-
tive governing bodies, participate jointly with the Authority in
carrying out any of the purposes set forth in this Section 6A.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency law and necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public health and safety, and having been passed by a
yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of all of 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 23, 1960.

CHAPTER 82
(House Bill 108)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 2 of Chap-
ter 60 of the Acts of 1958, changing the expiration date for the
act which enacted Section 488A of Article 66C of the Code in order
to make the Director of the Bureau of Mines an appointed official
within the meaning of Section 11 of Article 73B of the Code.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 2 of Chapter 60 of the Acts of 1958 be and it is hereby
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Section 2. This Act shall expire automatically and with no fur-
ther action required by the General Assembly on June 1, [1960] 1962
1961.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this section is hereby de-
clared 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 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 23, 1960.

EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.

CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.

Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.