232 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 138

ment to the Constitution; and that, if any section, sub-
section or provision of this Act is held invalid for any
reason, such invalidity shall not in any way affect any
other section, sub-section or provision of this Act, and
the remainder of this Act shall continue in full force and
effect as if such invalid section, sub-section or provision
had not been included.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1939.

Approved May 3, 1939.

CHAPTER 138.
(House Bill 93)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 478
of Article 17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1930 Edition), title "Prince George's County", sub-title
"Hyattsville", relating to registration of voters.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 478 of Article 17 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Prince George's
County", sub-title "Hyattsville", be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

478. There shall be a general registration in each ward of
said town in the month of April, 1921, and thereafter when-
ever The Mayor and Common Council shall direct, of all per-
sons who shall desire to vote in municipal elections held in
said town. The Mayor and Common Council shall also have
power and are hereby directed to provide for the annual regis-
tration of new voters and revision of the registration lists in
the years between general registrations. No person shall be
entitled to register as a voter, however, unless at the time of
the application so to do, the applicant shall be at least twenty-
one years of age and possessed of all other qualifications that
are necessary to entitle a person to register as a voter of the
State of Maryland, under the general election laws. The
registration of voters shall be made on such day or days, be-
tween such hours as The Mayor and Common Council may
appoint. In addition to the qualifications aforesaid every
applicant to register as a voter shall have had his actual resi-
dence in the Town of Hyattsville, in the sense that he has had
no other home elsewhere for the period of six months next pre-
ceding the day of application to register and shall satisfy the