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scribing the oath prescribed by Article 1, Section 6 of the
Constitution, before the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, or
in his absence before one of his deputies, they shall give
their votes for President and Vice-President of the United
States on the day fixed by law of the United States for
meetings of electors of President and Vice-President of the
United States.

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

Approved April 22, 1949.

CHAPTER 253
(Senate Bill 328)

AN ACT to add a new Section to Article 33 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1947 Supp. ), title "Elections",
sub-title "Nominations and Primaries", said new Sec-
tion to follow immediately after Section 41 of said Arti-
cle and sub-title, and to be known as Section 41A,
requiring each candidate for Judge of the Circuit for a
County and each Judge of the Court of Appeals from
the First, Second and Third Appellate Judicial Circuits
to file his certificate of candidacy with the Secretary of
State.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new Section be and it is hereby added to Article 33
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1947 Supp. ), title
"Elections", sub-title "Nominations and Primaries", said
new Section to be known as Section 41A, to follow imme-
diately after Section 41 of said Article, and to read as
follows:

41 A. Each candidate for nomination for Judge of the
Circuit Court for a County and each candidate for nomi-
nation for Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland from
the First, Second and Third Appellate Judicial Circuits,
shall file his certificate with the Secretary of State within
the time required by Section 53 of this Article and shall
pay the filing fee prescribed by said Section. The Secretary
of State shall transmit each filing fee in equal shares to
the Boards of Supervisors of Elections of the Counties
comprising the Judicial Circuit or Appellate Judicial Cir-
cuit, as the case may be. Each candidate for nomination