980 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 458

and give to the Sheriff for the purpose of setting them up.
Said Board shall make all necessary rules and regulations
not inconsistent with this Article, with reference to the regis-
tration of voters and the conduct of elections, and they shall
have charge of and make provision for all elections, general,
special, local, municipal, State and county, and for all others
of every description, to be held in such city or county, or any
part thereof, at any time; all questions shall be decided by a
majority of the Board, unless otherwise expressly provided in
this Article; provided, however, that in any incorporated city
or town in this State (other than the City of Baltimore) in
which the municipal or charter elections thereof are now
regulated by the Public Local Laws of the State, the conduct
of such municipal or charter elections shall continue to be so
regulated as heretofore and such Public Local Laws shall
continue in force therein. The provision hereinabove con-
tained in reference to handbills shall not apply to Baltimore
City or Washington County, nor, after the year 1940, shall the
provision for notice of the time and place of registration and
of revision thereof apply to Baltimore City or Washington
County.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1939.

Approved May 3, 1939.

CHAPTER 458.
(House Bill 305)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 13
of Article 33 of the Annotated Code (1924 Edition), title
''Elections", sub-title "Judges and Clerks of Elections", as
said section was amended by Chapter 95 of the Acts of, 1937,
providing that the work of registration, transfers, etc., in
Washington County shall be done in the office of the Board
of Supervisors of Elections of said County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 13 of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Elections", sub-title "Judges
and Clerks of Elections", as said section was amended by
Chapter 95 of the Acts of 1937, be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments to read as follows: