96 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 40

30B. Whenever any new general registration is held in
any of the counties or Baltimore City, it shall be the duty of
the several Boards of Registry to ascertain from every possible
source the names of duly registered voters of this State absent
in the military or naval service of the United States. The
names of such persons shall be entered upon the new registra-
tion books by the several Boards of Registry with the same
entries appearing upon the registration books as last prepared
or revised. In the space where the voter is required to sign his
name, the Board of Registry shall write the words "Re-entered
During Military Service," with the date of such re-entry. The
several Boards of Supervisors of Elections shall furnish to the
several Boards of Registry the registration books as last pre-
pared or revised for their precincts, wards or election districts,
for the purpose of making such re-entries, and such registration
books shall be returned to the Boards of Supervisors of Elec-
tions with the new books after the new registration is com-
pleted.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the immedi-
ate preservation of the public safety, and being passed upon 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 June 28th, 1917.