ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1417

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That the County Com-
missioners of Queen Anne's County are hereby authorized and
empowered, in the event that such canal is constructed, or the
work of construction is begun, to grant the Claiborne-Annapolis
Ferry Company permission to dig and construct said canal
across and through any existing public roads in the path of
the canal, particularly the county road running south from
Stevensville to Kent Point; and any such grant or permission
made by the County Commissioners prior to the passage of this
Act is hereby ratified and confirmed.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the County Com-
missioners are hereby authorized and empowered to construct a
bridge or to maintain a ferry service across the canal, when
constructed, in substitution for that part of any public road
which may be crossed by the canal authorized by this Act.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act is an
emergency law and necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public health and safety, and having been passed by 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 April 11, 1929.

CHAPTER 578.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
31 and 32 of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
title "Elections, " sub-title "Registration" (1924 Edition),
and to repeal Sections 33, 34 and 35 of said Article 33, said
amended sections to provide for the repeal of the declara-
tion of intentions of voters in certain counties and in Balti-
more City, and to provide for the registration of citizens
therein, and to provide for a declaration of intention by cer-
tain citizens in Baltimore County and in Prince George⁷s
County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 31 and 32 of Article 33 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Elections, "