24 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 1

County Commissioners of the counties, and by the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, respectively.

314G. ABSENTEE RESIDENTS NOT SUBJECT TO DECLARATION
OF INTENTION REQUIREMENTS. An Absentee Resident otherwise
qualified under this sub-title to register as a voter in Mary-
land may be so registered, any provision or restriction of
Sections 63 to 68, both inclusive, of this Article, and any other
provision of law requiring a declaration of intention to the
contrary notwithstanding, and said Sections 63 to 68 and any
other provision of law requiring a declaration of intention are
hereby declared inapplicable to all such Absentee Residents.
All Absentee Residents, properly registered under this sub-
title, shall, after their registration as in this sub-title pro-
vided, be entitled to vote either under this sub-title or in
person in the same manner and to the same extent as may
persons registered under the sections of this Article com-
prising respectively the sub-titles "Registration" and "Inter-
mediate Registrations."

314H. LIBERALITY OF CONSTRUCTION. The provisions of this
sub-title shall be construed liberally in order to effectuate its
purposes.

314-1. APPLICATIONS FOR BALLOTS RECEIVED PRIOR TO JUNE
1, 1944. Each application for an Absentee Ballot, whether
State or Federal, which is received by any Board prior to
June 1, 1944, shall be treated by the Board as an application
for an Absentee Ballot to be voted at the General Election to
be held November 7, 1944, provided that the same does not
state that it is an application for an Absentee Ballot to be
voted at the Primary Election to be held May 1, 1944; and the
Secretary of State shall immediately forward each such appli-
cation to the appropriate Board which in response thereto
shall mail an Absentee Ballot promptly to the applicant, as
provided in this sub-title.

314J. PROCLAMATION TERMINATING SUSPENSION OF ELECTION
LAWS. Whenever the condition which resulted in the issuing
by the Governor of the Proclamation on May 21, 1942, in ac-
cordance with Section 304 of Article 33 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1939 Edition), as it existed before its repeal by
this sub-title, terminates, it shall be the duty of the Governor,
as soon as is convenient and proper, by Proclamation, published
once in no more than three newspapers in each county and in
Baltimore City, to declare this Act terminated, and such a