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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts
of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be and
the same are hereby repealed to the extent of such incon-
sistency.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That this Act is here-
by declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety
and having been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported
by three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the Generaly Assembly of Maryland, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved February 25, 1952.

CHAPTER 9

(Senate Bill 8)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tion 138(1) (c) of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1951 Edition—being Section 130 in the 1947
Supplement, as enacted by Chapter 3 of the Acts of the
First Special Session of 1950), title "Elections," sub-
title "Voting by Mail," to correct an error in the refer-
ence to the United Service Organizations.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 138(1) (c) of Article 33 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition—being Sec-
tion 130 of the 1947 Supplement, as enacted by Chapter
3 of the Acts of the First Special Session of 1950), title
"Elections," sub-title "Voting by Mail," be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

138. (1).

(c) All such absentee residents who are serving with
the American Red Cross, the Society of Friends, the
Women's Auxiliary Service Pilots and the United [States]

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.