HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 1037

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforegoing sec-
tion hereby proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of
this State shall be, at the next general election to be held in
this State in the year 1938, submitted to the legal and qualified
voters thereof for their adoption or rejection in pursuance of
directions contained in Article 14 of the Constitution of this
State, and at the said general election, the vote on the said
proposed amendment shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot
there shall be printed the words "For the Constitutional
Amendment" and "Against the Constitutional Amendment, "
as now prescribed by law, and immediately after said elec-
tion, due returns shall be made to the Governor of the vote for
and against said proposed amendment as directed by said
Article 14 of the Constitution.

Approved May 18, 1937.

CHAPTER 495.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 67 of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland (1935 Edition), title
"Negligence Causing Death", to be known as Section 1A,
to follow immediately after Section 1, requiring the Courts
of this State to apply the law of another state, District of
Columbia or territory of the United States, as the case may
be, in cases involving negligence causing death, when such
negligence shall have occurred outside of the State of Mary-
land.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
67 of the Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland (1935
Edition), title "Negligence Causing Death", to be known as
Section 1A, to follow immediately after Section 1 thereof, and
to read as follows:

1A. In any action instituted in the Courts of this State
where it shall appear that the death of a person has been caused
by the wrongful act, neglect or default of another person, firm
or corporation, and such wrongful act, neglect, or default shall
have occurred outside of the State of Maryland, whether in
another state, the District of Columbia or territory of the
United States, the Courts of this State shall apply the law of
such other state, District of Columbia or territory of the
United States, to the facts of the particular case, as though
such foreign law were the law of this State, provided, however,
that the rules of pleading and procedure effective in the Court