HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 955

(1939 Edition), title "Elections", sub-title, "Registra-
tion", as said section was enacted by Chapter 128 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1939, said
amendments providing that the Supervisors of Elections,
when recopying the Registration Books in Harford
County, shall strike off the names of persons who have
moved from the precincts or have died.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 61 of Article 33 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Elections", sub-
title "Registration", be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:

61. In Harford County, when in the opinion of the
Supervisors of Elections it becomes necessary to rewrite
any of the registration books by virtue of the fact that said
books have become so worn or the lettered sub-divisions
thereof have become so filled with names that it is not
practicable to further use said books, the names of all
persons now registered on such registration books, except
those who are known to the Supervisors of Elections to
have moved out of the Precinct, those who are dead and
also those who have not voted at a primary, general or
special election in the six preceeding calendar years, shall
be transcribed on new registration books to be provided
by the Board of Supervisors of Elections of Harford
County, with the approval and consent of the County Com-
missioners of Harford County, both as to the procurement
of the new books and the manner in which the names are
to be transcribed, subject to the provisions of this Act.

The work of transcribing the names of said persons to
the new books shall be done under the supervision and
direction of the calendar years, shall be transcribed on
new registration books to be provided by the Board of
Supervisors of Elections of Harford County, with the ap-
proval and consent of the County Commissioners of Har-
ford County, both as to the procurement of the new books
and the manner in which the names are to be transcribed,
subject to the provisions of this Act.

The work of transcribing the names of said persons to
the new books shall be done under the supervision and
direction of the said Supervisors of Elections by persons
of intelligence who write a clear legible hand, easy to read,
or in the event that said books are rewritten on a type-
writer, indelible ribbon must be 'used, and the machines
must be operated by persons who are skilled in the oper-
ation thereof, one-half of whom shall be selected from each
of the two leading political parties of the County. The