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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved April 8, 1965.

CHAPTER 207
(House Bill 93)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 3A (a) of
Article 62 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement
Volume), title "Marriages," broadening the power of the chief judge
of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City to appoint clerks to
solemnize marriages therein.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 3A (a) of Article 62 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1964 Replacement Volume), title "Marriages," be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

3A.

(a) The following persons are authorized to solemnize marriages
in this State: Any minister of the Gospel or official of a religious order
or body authorized by the rules and customs of said order or body to
join persons in marriage; and any clerk of the circuit court for any
county or such deputy clerks as the resident judge of the circuit court
for the county, or the senior judge of the circuit court resident in
the county, as the case may be, may designate, and any of the [clerks
of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City or such deputy or other
clerks of the Supreme Bench] Clerks or Deputy Clerks of any of the
Courts comprising the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City as the chief
judge of the Supreme Bench may designate.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved April 8, 1965.

CHAPTER 208
(House Bill 144)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 108 (15)
(h) of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edi-
tion), title "Justices of the Peace," subtitle "Trial Magistrate's
System," providing for appointment of a chief deputy clerk for the
People's Court of Montgomery County, to have power and au-
thority to act in the place and stead of the Clerk of Court and
relating generally to the People's Court of Montgomery County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 108 (15) (h) of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Justices of the Peace," subtitle