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SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That said Commission
shall submit its report, with draft of the revision of the Elec-
tion Laws, to the Governor and the Legislative Council on or
before September 1, 1944.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1943.

Approved March 18, 1943.

CHAPTER 168.

(Senate Bill 27)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 317
of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "Elections", sub-title "Referendum", relating
to the collection and publication of the results of votes on
measures referred by the General Assembly.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 317 of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Elections", sub-title "Refer-
endum", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

317. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to collect
from the Supervisors of Elections and/or other officials having
same and keep in his office a record of all referendum votes
taken by the voters of the State or any county therein, or the
City of Baltimore, or by any incorporated city or town of the
State or any proposed incorporation of a town, upon any law
passed at any session of the General Assembly of the State,
whether regular or extraordinary, and whether the referendum
vote is taken as the result of a petition under Article 16 of the
Constitution or as required by the Act itself, and in addition
thereto, the Secretary of State shall, within ten days from th6
receipt of the official returns from any such referendum vote,
prepare under his hand and seal, two certificates setting forth
the particular law upon which such referendum vote was taken,
and the result of said vote; -one of said certificates he shall
forthwith deliver to the Clerk of the Court of Appeals who shall,
upon receipt of the same, attach it to the original copy of said
law and file in his office; the remaining certificate shall be
retained by the Secretary of State until the adjournment of
the next succeeding session of the General Assembly, whether
regular or extraordinary, and shall thereupon be delivered by