THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1717

for the dispatch of office business; provided, that the offices
of the Registers of Wills for Dorchester, Montgomery and
Wicomico Counties may, at the discretion of the Register of
Wills in each such County, be closed on Saturdays; he shall
lodge every original paper and record made up by him in
some repository of the court house of the county or city, or
in such other place of safety as the said court may appoint;
and the County Commissioners of the county and Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore shall provide and keep in
repair the said repository at the charge of the county or
city. During his term of office any register of wills absent
in the military service of the United States government
during time of war shall be considered on leave of absence
without pay while in such military service and for ninety
days thereafter. For the period of such absence the duly
appointed and qualified Deputy Register of Wills shall,
after giving bond as prescribed in Section 285 of this sub-
title, perform all the duties of the office of Register of
Wills and receive the salary provided by law for that
office.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts
of laws inconsistent with this Act be and they are hereby
repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1953. THAT THIS ACT IS HEREBY
DECLARED TO BE AN EMERGENCY LAW AND
NECESSARY FOR THE IMMEDIATE PRESERVA-
TION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY, AND BEING PASSED
UPON A YEA AND NAY VOTE, SUPPORTED BY
THREE-FIFTHS OF ALL OF THE MEMBERS ELECT-
ED TO EACH OF THE TWO HOUSES OF THE GEN-
ERAL ASSEMBLY, THE SAME SHALL TAKE EFFECT
FROM THE DATE OF ITS PASSAGE.

Approved April 27, 1953.

CHAPTER 747
(House Bill 873)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 215-217W of Article 19 of the
Code of Public Laws, of Maryland (1930 Edition),

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