864 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 351

new sections to be known as Sections 54A and 54B and to
follow immediately after Section 54 of said Article, re-
lating to the registration of municipal voters.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That two new sections be and they are hereby added
to Article 20 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1930 Edition), title "Somerset County", to be under the sub-
title "Crisfield", said new sections to be known as Sections
54A and 54B, to follow immediately after Section 54 of said
Article, and to read as follows:

54A. If any registered voter of the City of Crisfield has
not voted at least once at a general or special city election
within the six preceding calendar years, it shall be the duty
of the officer of registration to cause the registration of such
voter to be cancelled by erasing his name from the registry
as provided for in Section 54 above. A notice of the action
and the reason therefor shall be sent to the last known
address of such voter, provided, however, that the registra-
tion of no person shall be cancelled during his service in the
Armed Forces of the United States. A voter whose regis-
tration has been cancelled under this section shall not there-
after be eligible to vote except by registering again as in.
this sub-title provided.

54B. The* registration of voters shall be conducted as here-
tofore provided in Section 54, except that cards or loose leaf
pages shall be used instead of books; and provided that the
existing registration books and records shall likewise be
copied on similar cards or loose leaf pages; and provided
further, that the same rules, procedure and regulations relat-
ing to registration cards, loose-leaf pages, cabinets, binders,
and inspection of records as set forth in Section 22 and Sec-
tion 23 of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
1947 Supplement, so far as the same may be applicable, shall
be used in connection with said registration.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any section or
part of a section of this sub-title be held to be invalid for
any reason, such holding shall not be construed as affecting
the validity of any remaining section or part of a section of
this sub-title, it being the legislative intent that the re-
mainder of this sub-title shall stand, notwithstanding the
invalidity of such section or part of a section.

SEC. 3. 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.