1950] OF THE SENATE. 5
MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

ANNAPOLIS, MD., July 26, 1950.
Honorable Joseph R. Byrnes,
President of the Senate,
State House,
Annapolis, Maryland.

Dear Mr. President:

I beg to transmit herewith copy of my message to the General
Assembly of Maryland in Extraordinary Session at Annapolis,
Maryland; on Thursday, July 27th, at 12 o'clock Noon, Nineteen
Hundred and Fifty.

Respectfully submitted,

WM. PRESTON LANE, JR.,

Governor.

GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE

To the President and Gentlemen of the Senate, and to the

Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates:

Acting under the authority vested in me by Section 16 of Article
II of the Constitution, I have summoned you to Annapolis for an
extraordinary session of the General Assembly specifically to deal
with three matters relating to the forthcoming State elections.

Crucial days are upon us, and in one of the legislative proposals
to be laid before you for consideration is reflected the grave
responsibilities we have shouldered in defense of our national
security.

There will be presented to you for consideration the following
legislation:

(1) A proposed change in the election statutes to provide for
the holding of the primary elections on September 18, rather than
on September 11, as now provided by law, in order to avoid conflict
with a solemn religious holiday of persons of the Jewish faith.

(2) A proposed change in the statutes regulating the registration
of voters in Baltimore City. This change would permit an ad-
ditional day of precinct registration in Baltimore City on August
14, and further make provision for three additional days of regis-
tration between the primary and general elections, on October 2,
3, and 4.

(3) The third proposal is the re-enactment of the Absentee Voting
Law for servicemen and women in essentially the same form as the