16            Laws of Maryland         [Ch. 10

Service Organizations who are attached to or serving with
the armed forces of the United States outside of the United
States.

Sec. 2. 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 General Assembly of Maryland, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved February 27, 1952.

CHAPTER 10
(Senate Bill 9)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 33 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Elec-
tions," said new section to be known as Section 138A, to
follow immediately after Section 138 of said Article
(said Section 138 having been Section 130 in Chapter 3
of the Acts of the First Special Session of 1950), and
to be under the sub-title "Voting by Mail/' providing
for the days upon which primary elections shall be held,
for the time at which certificates of nomination must be
filed and for other dates and procedures under the Ab-
sentee Voting Law applicable to members of the armed
forces and certain other specified persons.

Whereas, in Chapter 3 of the Acts of the First Special
Session of 1950, the General Assembly enacted an Ab-
sentee Voting Law for members of the armed forces; and

Whereas, no attempt was made at that time to put into
this statute any permanent provisions as to the time at
which primary elections are to be held or as to the time at
which certificates of nomination are to be filed or as to
certain other dates and procedures under the soldier vot-
ing law; and

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.