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296D. The clerk of said court, or the crier thereof, shall
administer to every witness, prior to Ms or her appearing
before the State's Attorney, the following oath, viz.: The
evidence which you shall give before the State's Attorney for
toward County in the matter depending before him shall be
the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help
you God. And all wilful and corrupt false swearing by any
witness in any material point of inquiry before said State's
Attorney in any case referred to him under Section 296A shall
be deemed perjury, and any person convicted of such wilful
and corrupt false swearing shall suffer the penalty now pro-
vided by law to be imposed upon persons convicted of the
crime of perjury.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of
laws not consistent with the provisions of this Act be and
they are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistencies.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1951.
Approved April 13, 1951.
CHAPTER 442
(House Bill 747)
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, sub-section
(k) of Section 262 of Article 23 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, (1930 Edition), title "Wicomico County",
sub-title "Salisbury, " as said sub-section was enacted by
Chapter 676 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary-
land (1943 Session), changing the date on which the General
Election of the City of Salisbury shall be held.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That sub-section (k) of Section 262 of Article 23 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title
"Wicomico County", sub-title "Salisbury, " as said sub-section
was enacted by Chapter 676 of the Acts of the General Assem-
bly of Maryland (1943 Session), be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:
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[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
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