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the party so devising or bequesting the same, or by some
other person for him, in his presence and by his express
direction, and shall be attested and subscribed in the pres-
ence of the said devisor by two or more credible witnesses,
or else they shall be utterly void and of none effect.

(b) No devise or bequest which is entirely in the hand-
writing of the devisor and signed by him shall be void or
ineffective for lack of attesting witnesses if, at the time it
is made, the devisor is outside the area of the United
States and is serving with any of the armed forces of the
United States; but no such unattested devise or bequest
shall be valid or effective after the expiration of one year
from the date of the devisor's discharge from the armed
forces if the devisor is living and possesses testamentary
capacity at the time of such expiration. As used in this
section, the term "area of the United States" shall mean
only the area lying within the forty-eight states and the
District of Columbia.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1943.

Approved April 30, 1943.

CHAPTER 800.
(Senate Bill 377)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
229-A of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1939 Edition), title "Elections", sub-title "Primary
Elections", as said section was enacted by Chapter 605
of the Acts of 1941, relating to the election of the mem-
bers of the Democratic State Central Committee of Tal-
bot County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 229-A of Article 33 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Elections",
sub-title "Primary Elections", as said section was enacted
by Chapter 605 of the Acts of 1941, be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as fol-
lows:

229-A. In Talbot County at the primary elections in
1942 and in every fourth year thereafter, one State Gen-