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Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate preser-
vation 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
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved February 25, 1972.

CHAPTER 6
(Senate Bill 374)

AN ACT to add new Section 12-1 (a-1) to Article 33 of the An-
notated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1971
Supplement), title "Election Code," subtitle "Presidential Pri-
maries and Conventions," to follow immediately after Section 12-1
(a) (5) thereof, to provide for the selection of delegates to the
Republican National Convention and the procedures relating
thereto.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 12-1 (a-1) be and it is hereby added to Article 33 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and
1971 Supplement), title "Election Code," subtitle "Presidential Pri-
maries and Conventions," to follow immediately after Section 12-1
(a) (5) thereof and to read as follows:

12-1.

(a-1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this
section, the following procedure shall govern the selection of dele-
gates to the Republican National Convention: The Republican State
Central Committee shall certify to the State Administrative Board
of Election Laws the number of delegates to be elected from each
congressional district and the number of delegates to be elected
at large, respectively, as provided in the Rules of the Republican
National Convention, not later than the first day of March in each
year in which national conventions for the nomination of President
and Vice-President are held.

The selection of delegates to the Republican National Convention
shall be as follows:

(1)  Election of District Delegates. There shall be elected at the
primary election the number of delegates from each congressional
district as provided in the Rules of the Republican National Con-
vention. Each delegate may have placed adjacent to his name on
the ballot the name of a presidential candidate, provided that the
written permission of the presidential candidate has been received
by the State Administrative Board of Election Laws at least 58 days
prior to the date of the primary election.

(2)  Election of At-Large Delegates. There shall be elected by the
Republican State Central Committee the number of at-large dele-
gates as provided in the Rules of the Republican National Convention.