THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1409
CHAPTER 500
(House Bill 538)
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
20 (a) and 29 (b) of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Elections", sub-title
"Registration", as said Section 29 (b) was amended by
Chapter 105 of the Acts of 1949, extending the system of
permanent registration to Frederick County and providing
minimum salaries for the Permanent Board of Registry.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 20 (a) and 29 (b) of Article 33 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Elec-
tions", sub-title "Registration", as said Section 29 (b) was
amended by Chapter 105 of the Acts of 1949, be and they are
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:
20. (a) The provisions of Sections 12, 13 and 15 to 19,
inclusive, shall not apply to Baltimore City, Frederick County,
Montgomery County and Washington County except as speci-
fically provided, but a system of permanent registration as
hereinafter provided in Sections 22 to 31, inclusive, of this
Article shall be followed. Any other county in the State may
elect to be governed by said Sections 22 to 31, inclusive, when
such action is recommended by the Board of Election Super-
visors and approved by the County Commissioners thereof, in
which event the Board of Supervisors shall either cause the
names of all persons then registered on the registration books
to be transcribed on the forms or cards provided for the per-
manent registration of voters as hereinafter provided, or, in
the discretion of said Board, the voters in such county shall
execute such registration forms or cards at the office of the
Board of Registry or such supplemental Boards as may be
established as provided in Section 30 (b) hereof. The registra-
tion of voters in said county shall thereafter be governed by
said Sections 22 to 31, inclusive, of this Article instead of by
Sections 12, 13 and 15 to 19, inclusive, above.
29.
(b) For the purpose of enabling persons to register in this
manner in the said counties mentioned in Section 20 of this
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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.
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