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party affiliation, the word "declined" shall be written oppo-
site his name under such column, so that there shall be
written in such column opposite the name of every regis-
tered voter, either his party affiliations or the word "de-
clined. " And in all primary elections thereafter held,
any person so registered as affiliated with a given political
party shall have the right to vote the official ballot of that
party and of no other; and at any intermediate registra-
tion subsequent to the close of the next general registra-
tion, such voter may appear before the board of registry
and, upon his identity being established to the satisfac-
tion of the majority of the board of registry, to make, alter
or strike out any entry in the column headed "party affilia-
tions" opposite his name in the registry; it shall be the
duty of the board of registry to enter in the column headed
"remarks" the fact that such entry was made, altered or
stricken out, and the date thereof.

Any registered voter who has declined to affiliate with
any political party and opposite whose name under the
column "party affiliation" is written the word "declined, "
or the word "independent" or any other word showing a
failure to affiliate with any political party, and who has
not appeared before the board of registry as hereinbefore
set forth and affiliated with some political party prior to
the primary election shall not be permitted to vote at such
primary election or any subsequent primary election until
he has so affilated with the party in whose primary he
desires to vote.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary to the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
and being passed upon a yea and nay vote, supported by
three-fifths of all of 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 February 24, 1939.

CHAPTER 30.
(Senate Bill 81)

AN ACT to repeal Section 179 of Article 8 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title
"Cecil County, " subtitle "Elkton, " and to enact in lieu
thereof three new sections to be known as Sections 179,