HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 501

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That any Parish within the Convention of the Protestant
Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Washington now existing
or hereafter organized in the Maryland Counties of Mont-
gomery, Prince George's, Charles and St. Mary's, is hereby
authorized, by a vote of the majority of its qualified voters at
any Parish meeting to provide (a) that the Wardens of such
Parish shall be elected in the same manner as Vestrymen, and
be members of the Vestry, and (b) that residence within the
limits of the Parish shall no longer be prescribed as a qualifi-
cation for voting at Parish elections or other business meet-
ings of the Parish, or for holding office in the same.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws, or parts
of laws, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be and
they are hereby repealed to the extent of such, inconsistency.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1945.

Approved March 29, 1945.

CHAPTER 499.
(House Bill 357)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 131
of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1943
Supplement), title "Crimes and Punishments", sub-title
"Drunkenness and Disorderly Conduct", relating to the place
of confinement of certain habitual offenders.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary
land, That Section 131 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1943 Supplement), title "Crimes and Punishments",
sub-title "Drunkenness and Disorderly Conduct", be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

131. Every person who shall be found drunk, or acting
in a disorderly manner, to the disturbance of the public peace,
upon any public street or highway, in any city, town or county,
in this State, or at any place of public worship or public resort
or amusement in any city, town or county of this State, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction there-
of, shall be subject to a fine of not more than fifty dollars,