THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 657
CHAPTER 262
(House Bill 627)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sub-sections
(A) and (H) of Section 10 of the Charter of the Town of
Fruitland, in Wicomico County, Maryland, as enacted by
Chapter 662 of the Acts of 1947, relating to the qualifications
of voters in the Town of Fruitland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sub-sections (A) and (H) of Section 10 of the
Charter of the Town of Fruitland, in Wicomico County, Mary-
land, as enacted by Chapter 662 of the Acts of 1947, be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

10.

(A) That all citizens of the United States, who have attained
the age of twenty-one years, and who have resided in the Town
of Fruitland for one year at the time of registration, [and
who are the owners of real estate, located in the Town of
Fruitland, having an assessed value of at least Two Hundred
Dollars ($200. 00), (in the event husband and wife own real
estate as tenants by the entireties, assessed at at least Two
Hundred Dollars ($200. 00), both shall be entitled to register
if otherwise qualified)] shall be eligible to register and after
registration shall be eligible to vote at all Town elections.
Provided, however, that the requirement of registration shall
not apply to the election provided for in Section 9 of this Act
to elect the first Fruitland Commission.

(H) That said Board of Election Supervisors shall deter-
mine the qualifications and rights of each applicant to register
by asking such applicant the following questions, which shall
be answered under oath by such applicant:

(1) Are you a citizen of the United States?

(2) Have you attained the age of twenty-one?

(3) Have you resided in the Town of Fruitland for at least
one year? [Do you own real estate in the Town of Fruitland
assessed at at least Two Hundred Dollars ($200. 00) ?]

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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.