WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1269

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1949.

Approved April 29, 1949.

CHAPTER 519
(House Bill 122)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 43 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Health", sub-title
"Undertakers", said new section to be known as Section
345A and to follow immediately after Section 345 of said
Article, as said section was amended by Chapter 741 of the
Acts of 1945, relating to the licensing of Veterans as Fun-
eral Directors and Embalmers under certain conditions.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title
"Health", sub-title "Undertakers", said new section to be
known as Section 345A and to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 345 of said Article, as said section was amended by
Chapter 741 of the Acts of 1945, and to read as follows:

345A. Notwithstanding any provision of this sub-title to the
contrary, any honorably discharged Veteran of World War
II who is a graduate of a recognized college of Embalming
and has held a license and has actually engaged in the prac-
tice of Funeral Directing and Embalming in another State
for a period of five years, and who has practiced in the State
of Maryland as a duly registered Apprentice Funeral Director
and Embalmer for a period of one year, shall be entitled to
be licensed to practice Funeral Directing and Embalming in
Maryland without the necessity of taking an examination.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1949.

Approved April 29, 1949.

CHAPTER 520
(House Bill 132)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 40
of Article 16 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1947
Supplement), title "Chancery", sub-title "Divorce", relating
to the grounds for which a divorce may be decreed.