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$10.00 annually, which sum shall be paid to and for the use of the
Department of [Tidewater Fisheries] Chesapeake Bay Affairs, and
said license shall be restricted to the leased oyster ground in that
portion of Somerset County hereinabove described authorized by
the writing of the lessee aforesaid. The Department of [Tidewater
Fisheries] Chesapeake Bay Affairs may at any time cancel any such
license when in the interests of conservation and the proper cultiva-
tion of oysters in Somerset County, and in the interests of the resi-
dents of Somerset County, such cancellation in the discretion of the
Department is advisable.

Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this sub-
section relating to Anne Arundel County shall be fined not less than
$100.00 nor more than $1,000.00, and in addition to such fine the
boat so used, with her cargo and equipment, shall be condemned and
forfeited to the State of Maryland.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall expire with-
out any further action by the General Assembly on September 1,
1966.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act 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 all the members
elected to each of the two houses of the General Assembly, the
same shall shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 22, 1966.

CHAPTER 10
(Senate Bill 73)

AN ACT to propose amendments to the following sections of the
Constitution of Maryland: Sections 1, 2, 3, 15, 16, 18, and 33 of
Article IV, title "Judiciary Department", subtitles respectively
"Part I—General Provisions", "Part II—Court of Appeals", and
"Part IV—Courts of Baltimore City", to change the subtitle "Part
II—Court of Appeals", to be "Part II—Courts of Appeal"; Sec-
tions 3 and 6 of Article V, title "Attorney General and State's
Attorneys"; and Section 1 of Article XVII, title "Quadrennial
Elections"; and to amend said Article IV of the Constitution, sub-
title "Part II—Courts of Appeal", by adding new Sections 14A
and 14B thereto, to follow immediately after Section 14 thereof;
and to amend said Article IV of the Constitution, subtitle "Part
II—Courts of Appeal", by repealing Section 18A thereof and
enacting a new Section 18A in lieu thereof, to stand in the place
of the Section 18A so repealed; to authorize the General Assembly
by law to create intermediate courts of appeal, to provide for the
judges, jurisdiction, powers and duties of these courts, to change
the powers of the Court of Appeals and other applicable provi-
sions of the Constitution, to correct errors therein, to provide for
the eligibility of members of the General Assembly to judgeships
on said Courts of Appeal and to provide for the submission of
these amendments to the qualified voters of the State of Maryland
for their adoption or rejection.