WM. PRESTON LANK, JR., GOVERNOR. 1840
CHAPTER 752.
(House Bill 434)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendements, Section
5 of Article 35 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "Evidence", sub-title "Competency of Wit-
nesses", exempting Baltimore County from the provisions
of said section in prosecutions for unlawfully carrying con-
cealed weapons.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 5 of Article 35 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Evidence", sub-title "Com-
petency of Witnesses", be and it is hereby repealed and re-en-
acted, with amendments, to read as follows:

5. No evidence in the trial of misdemeanors shall be
deemed admissible where the same shall have been procured
by, through, or in consequence of any illegal search or seizure
or of any search and seizure prohibited by the Declaration
of Rights of this State; nor shall any evidence in such cases
be admissible if procured by, through or in consequence of a
search and seizure, the effect of the admission of which would
be to compel one to give evidence against himself in a criminal
case; provided however that nothing in this section shall
prohibit the use of such evidence in Baltimore County in the
prosecution of any person for unlawfully carrying a concealed
weapon.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1947.

Approved April 25, 1947.

CHAPTER 753.
(House Bill 439)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 103
of Article 14 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1930 Edition), title "Howard County", sub-title "County
Treasurer", as said section was amended by Chapter 17 of
the Acts of 1939, and Chapter 644 of the Acts of 1945, pro-
viding for an increase in the salary of the Clerk to the
Treasurer of said county.