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faction of the court, and notice, as is provided by Section
83 of this sub-title, has been given to the husband of the
mother of the child; or

(f) the legal guardian of the person to be adopted, if
parental rights have been transferred by court action to
such guardian; or

(g) the executive head of any public or private child
care or child placement institution or agency which through
court action or voluntary relinquishment has been given
the care, custody and control of the person to be adopted,
including the right to consent to such an adoption; or

(h) the State Department of Public Welfare or its local
unit within the jurisdiction of the court, in any condition
of fact not hereinbefore covered.

Any consent obtained under the provisions of this section
may be revoked and cancelled at any time during the adop-
tion proceedings prior to the entry of an interlocutory
decree of adoption. Withdrawal of consent shall thereafter
be prohibited, unless permitted by the court at a hearing
at which all parties to the adoption proceedings are given
an opportunity to be heard.

Minority of a natural parent shall not be a bar to such
parent's consent to adoption, and the adoption shall not
thereby be invalidated.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1953.

Approved February 25, 1953.

CHAPTER 6
(House Bill 36)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tion 1152 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mont-
gomery County (1947 Edition, being Article 16 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Mont-
gomery County, " sub-title "Somerset, " said section being
Section 114-22 in the Montgomery County Code of 1950,

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Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.