2048 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 849

"Takoma Park", sub-heading ''Justice of the Peace", and that
Section 1321 of the Prince George's County Code (1943 Edi-
tion), being Article 17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland, title "Prince George's County", sub-title "Takoma
Park", sub-heading "Justice of the Peace", be and they are
hereby repealed.

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

Approved April 25, 1947.

CHAPTER 849.
(House Bill 775)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
38 of Article 16" of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1943 Supplement), and Section 39 of Article 16 of said
Code (1939 Edition), title "Chancery", sub-title "Divorce",
to confer jurisdiction upon Courts of Equity in actions for
annulment of marriage; to repeal Section 16 of Article 62
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title
"Marriages", as said section was amended by Chapter 664
of the Acts of 1945, and to enact in lieu thereof a new
Section 16, providing for automatic annulment of marriage
upon conviction of bigamy, marrying within any prohibited
degree or between races prohibited by law to intermarry.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 38 of Article 16 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1943 Supplement) and Section 39 of
Article 16 of said Code (1939 Edition), title "Chancery",
sub-title "Divorce", be and they are hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

38. The Courts of Equity of this State shall have jurisdic-
tion of all actions for divorce and for an annulment
of marriage; and any person desiring a divorce, or an
annulment shall file his or her bill in the court, either where
the party plaintiff or the defendant resides or where the
ceremony of marriage sought to be annulled was performed;
and if the party against whom the bill is filed be a non-
resident, or a person who may be proceeded against as a non-
resident, then the same process by summons, notice, or
otherwise, shall be had to procure the answer and appearance
of the defendant, as is had in other cases in chancery; and
in all cases where, from the default of the defendant, a bill