WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 7

immediate preservation of the public health and safety, and
having been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by
three-fifths of all of the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved July 27, 1950.

CHAPTER 3 .
(Senate Bill 3)

AN ACT to add twenty-five (25) new sections to Article 33
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1947 Supplement),
title "Elections", said new sections to be known as Sections
129-153, inclusive, to follow immediately after Section 128
of said Article and to be under the new sub-title "Voting
by Mail", declaring the policy of the General Assembly in
enacting this Act; making certain definitions; providing,
under certain conditions, means of voting by mail at certain
elections held in this State by certain residents of the State
of Maryland absent and engaged in the military or naval
service of the United States, as in this Act defined; pro-
viding, under certain conditions, means of registration by
said residents; relating to the appointment of temporary
Judges of Elections and temporary Boards of Registry and
of substitute Supervisors of Elections in certain cases,
defining their powers and duties and dealing with their
compensation; imposing certain duties on the Secretary of
State and the several Supervisors of Elections of the coun-
ties and of Baltimore City in connection with the carrying
out of the provisions of this Act; authorizing the Secretary
of State and said Supervisors of Elections to do any and all
acts, the performance of which is committed to them by
any federal statute or statutes providing for voting by mail
by such residents, and to accept any funds made available
by Congress to defray the costs and expenses incurred in
connection therewith; authorizing and empowering the
Secretary of State, the War Ballot Commission, created by
this Act, and all election officials of the State of Maryland,
to use any and all facilities, that may be furnished by the
United States, or any department, commission or agency
thereof, for the purpose of enabling such residents to reg-
ister and vote by mail, as in this Act provided, and generally
to cooperate in every way with the military and civil
officers of the United States and all departments, commis-
sions and agencies thereof, to enable such persons so to do;
creating a War Ballot Commission and defining the powers
and authority thereof; providing that this Act shall be