ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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thirty-four of said article thirty-three of the Code of Public

General Laws, title " Elections," sub-title " Registration of Vo-

Repeal

ters," be and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the following section be and

is hereby added to article thirty-three of the Code of Public Gen-

To add.

eral Laws, title "Elections," sub-title "Registration," to follow

section thirty-nine, and to be known as "Section thirty-nine A."

39 A. Whenever a petition for an appeal from any action of

any of the officers of registration in Baltimore city is brought

before any judge of the supreme bench of Baltimore city, and

such officers of registration or any two of them shall at any time

before the commencement of the trial thereof file a petition to

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hare such appeal heard and determined by some other judge, and
an affidavit that such application is not made for delay, the power

by another
judge.

of such judge to hear such appeal shall cease, and he shall notify

the supreme bench of Baltimore city that a petition for removal

has been filed in such appeal, and the supreme bench shall there-

upon pass an order assigning some other judge to try such appeal

who shall hear and determine the same in the same manner as if

the petition had been orignally brought before him.

39 B. Whenever, before any judge or court hearing any appeal

from the action of any officer or officers of registration, there is

an inquiry as to the legal residence of any person, the declarations,

statements and admissions of such persons shall not be admissi-

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dence.

ble in evidence to prove with what intention he came to, remained

in or departed from any place of abode, but the court shall de-

termine the question of residence from the surrounding circum-

stances.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from

the date of its passage; provided, that every offense which has

been or shall have been wholly or partly committed against any

of the public general laws hereby repealed or parts thereof before

this act goes into operation, shall be dealt with, inquired into,

tried, determined and punished, and any penalty in respect to any
such offense shall be imposed or inflicted, and any fine shall be

Cases
pending.

imposed, enforced or recovered in the same manner as if the said

laws or parts thereof had not been repealed; and no case pending

shall abate by reason of such repeal, and every act duly done and

every warrant or other instrument duly issued, made or granted

before this act comes into operation, shall continue and be of the

same force and effect as if the said laws or parts thereof had not

been repealed; and provided also, that any right, liability, privileges

and protection in respest to any matter or thing committed or

done before this act comes into operation, shall continue and be

of the same force and effect as if the said laws or parts thereof

had not been repealed; and every action, prosecution or other

proceeding which shall have been commenced before this act